Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary

Overview: Widecombe-in-the-Moor Primary continues to be a good school, providing a warm, inviting, and friendly environment for pupils. Pupils are well mannered, happy, and love learning, with adults 'making it fun'. The school has a strong focus on safeguarding, with leaders ensuring that staff receive regular and detailed safeguarding training.

Strengths:

• Pupils are well mannered and happy, with adults 'making it fun'.
• The school provides a wide range of experiences that enhance pupils' broader development.
• Leaders support pupils well in developing their interests and talents.
• The school has a strong focus on safeguarding, with leaders ensuring that staff receive regular and detailed safeguarding training.
• Pupils benefit from a broad curriculum that extends beyond academic subjects.

Areas to improve:

• Learning in some subjects is not as well thought out and sequenced as in others, resulting in pupils not developing as deep an understanding in these subjects.
• Pupils do not gain the same depth of knowledge across the full range of subjects taught.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders ensuring that staff receive regular and detailed safeguarding training, staff are alert to the possible signs of abuse and neglect, and links with other agencies are strong.