Walton on the Naze Primary School

Overview: Walton on the Naze Primary School is a good school where pupils enjoy learning and behave well. The school has a positive atmosphere and effective systems in place to support pupils' personal development and safeguarding.

Strengths:

• Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and are interested in their lessons.
• Pupils behave well throughout the school day and are polite and courteous to visitors and each other.
• The school has a range of support in place to help pupils manage their emotions and maintain positive attitudes.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-planned, with leaders having thought carefully to ensure that the knowledge pupils learn builds on year on year in most subjects.
• Reading is taught well, with pupils learning their sounds in a logical order and becoming confident readers.

Areas to improve:

• The curriculum in foundation subjects has recently changed and in a small number of subjects it has new leadership, meaning that some subjects areas are not as well established.
• While leaders have many ways to communicate with parents, a small number of parents, including those with children with SEND, do not consider communication is effective enough.
• While attendance in the school is improving, not all pupils are attending as regularly as they should.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders effectively managing the records of concerns about vulnerable pupils and staff being well-trained to report their concerns quickly and appropriately.