Wellesley Park Primary School

Overview

Wellesley Park Primary School is described as an “effective and improving school” where pupils feel “welcomed, known and supported.” Leaders have established an “open, welcoming and inclusive culture” that drives regular attendance and positive behaviour, with most pupils reaching expected standards in core subjects.

Strengths

• Early years provision is of a “strong standard,” with staff ensuring children get off to a “flying start” through inclusive, nurturing routines and effective vocabulary development.
• Writing is a particular strength; pupils make “rapid progress” and a “higher-than-average proportion achieve the highest writing standards.”
• Attendance has risen to “above the national average” due to personalised strategies and timely support for families.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an “open culture” where concerns are actively identified and managed.
• Staff provide sensitive pastoral support, ensuring pupils “feel safe” and know their views are valued.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure disadvantaged pupils receive sustained support to “achieve as highly as possible across the curriculum,” as current actions have not yet made a lasting difference to the attainment gap.
• Teachers need to use checks on learning more effectively in the wider curriculum to help pupils develop “detailed knowledge and understanding.”
• Key stage 2 reading provision requires improvement, as the curriculum is “less well structured,” leaving some pupils with “gaps in their reading knowledge.”

Safeguarding

The report confirms that safeguarding standards are met, noting that leaders have established an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” and that “pupils are made safer and feel safe.”