Waverley Primary School

Overview

Waverley Primary School is described as a place where pupils enjoy learning and feel safe, with strong relationships underpinning a positive culture. While most pupils achieve well and are well-prepared for secondary education, the report highlights that progress in the early years is less secure and requires attention.

Strengths

• Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs, "achieve well" and leave "well prepared for secondary education."
• Staff establish a "culture of high expectations of behaviour," resulting in a school that is "typically calm" with rare disruption to learning.
• Leaders have created an "open culture" for safeguarding where concerns are "actively identified, acted upon and managed."
• The curriculum is "clearly mapped out" and teachers "present information clearly," helping pupils understand new concepts securely.
• Parents and carers have "confidence in the actions that leaders take," and parental support for the school is "very positive."

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure early years provision helps children reach a "good level of development," particularly regarding phonics and early writing skills.
• Actions taken in response to incidents of inappropriate behaviour must be "consistently well recorded and regularly reviewed."
• Errors in transcription and spelling in writing need to be addressed more timely to help pupils develop fluency.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer.