Warddykes Primary School

Overview

Inspectors found that Warddykes Primary School and Nursery Class demonstrates strong leadership and a shared ambition for all children to attain and achieve well. The report highlights that children are “extremely proud of their school” and consistently demonstrate values of being “respect, kind and safe.”

Strengths

• The acting headteacher and senior leadership team have set “improvement priorities which are relevant to the school context.”
• Children in the nursery are “ready to learn and engage well in their play,” showing they are “curious and motivated.”
• A “shared ambition of the whole school community” ensures positive experiences, leading to “continuously improving levels of attainment and achievement.”
• The Care Inspectorate rated the nursery’s care, play, learning, and leadership as “very good,” noting “warm, kind and caring approaches” from staff.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should “take careful account of both the pace and the amount of change” to focus on immediate priorities with the greatest impact.
• Staff and children should work collaboratively to develop a “shared understanding of high-quality learning and teaching” to ensure consistency across classes.
• The school should prioritise a “review of the health and wellbeing curriculum” to ensure it meets the needs of all children.

Safeguarding

The report states that children feel “safe and secure” due to positive relationships and effective systems, including the “safe management of medication” and robust infection prevention procedures.