White Rock Primary School

Overview

White Rock Primary School has “taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection.” The report describes a school where “close bonds between staff and families contribute to pupils feeling safe and cared for,” with pupils demonstrating “positive attitudes to learning.” Leaders maintain “high expectations for all pupils and staff,” fostering a culture where pupils feel their ideas are valued and are trusted with significant responsibilities.

Strengths

• The early years curriculum establishes a strong culture of learning, with a “strong focus on developing children’s communication and language from an early age.”
• The early reading curriculum is “well structured,” with staff trained to teach phonics to a “high standard,” ensuring pupils develop fluency.
• The school’s curriculum is “ambitious,” with key knowledge and skills that “build progressively from the early years through to Year 6.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are “well supported,” working alongside peers and learning the full curriculum.
• The programme for pupils’ personal development is a “strength of the school,” helping pupils understand British values and become active community members.

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, assessment is not always used effectively to check what pupils know and remember, leading to “gaps in their knowledge.”
• Some pupils do not always move on to more complex work when ready, which “prevents them doing as well as they could.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”