Wells Hall Primary School

Overview

Wells Hall Primary School is described as a “happy, inclusive school” with a “strong sense of belonging.” Leaders have placed the school on a “positive trajectory,” with steady improvements in attendance and behaviour. Pupils achieve well across the curriculum, and disadvantaged pupils typically perform above their national counterparts.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well in reading, writing, and mathematics, with disadvantaged pupils “typically achieve above their national counterparts.”
• Attendance rates are “improving year on year” following a “caring and supportive approach” by leaders.
• The curriculum is “ambitious and well organised,” with a clear focus on early reading and phonics.
• Staff provide “well-informed adaptations” for pupils with special educational needs, ensuring they “achieve from their starting points.”
• Parents and carers are “overwhelmingly positive,” valuing the “caring nature of the school.”

Areas to improve

• Leaders should refine support for teachers to help them “adapt the curriculum to meet the specific needs of some pupils in class.”
• Staff in the early years should interact more meaningfully with children to “extend and develop their vocabulary and communication skills.”
• Leaders recognise the need for “greater consistency” in teaching and further improvements in “pupils’ early reading achievement.”

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” ensuring pupils are “made safer and feel safe.”