Wayfield Primary School

Overview

The report states that Wayfield Primary School “requires special measures” because it is “failing to provide an acceptable standard of education” and leaders are “not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement.” Safeguarding standards are “not met,” with significant weaknesses in behaviour management putting pupils at risk of harm.

Strengths

• Children in the early years are “happy and settled” and benefit from a “welcoming environment” and “positive relationships with the kind staff.”
• A reading culture is promoted through “regular sharing of books,” and children “enjoy listening to stories.”
• Pupils are “welcoming to all” and “accepting of difference,” showing they “value the diversity within their school population.”
• Pupils understand fundamental British values, such as democracy, and show “pride in their elected leadership roles.”
• Pupils benefit from “age-appropriate relationships education” and understand the concept of consent and online safety risks.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure behaviour management procedures “eradicate poor behaviour” and that record-keeping for incidents, including restrictive physical intervention, is accurate and shared with governors.
• Leaders must evaluate teaching quality to provide staff with support to gain necessary subject knowledge and skills so that “pupils achieve well.”
• Leaders must ensure the learning and wellbeing needs of disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs are identified accurately and that they receive appropriate support.

Safeguarding

The report states that safeguarding standards are “not met” because leaders have not ensured an “open and positive culture around safeguarding,” do not prioritise pupils’ safety, and significant weaknesses in behaviour management procedures “put pupils at risk of harm.”