Wisewood Nursery & Primary School

Overview

The report describes a school where “leaders and staff have high expectations of all pupils” and where “pupils enjoy school” and “behave well.” It highlights a “calm and purposeful” environment with strong parental support, noting that the school has improved significantly since its previous inspection.

Strengths

• “Reading is at the heart of the school’s curriculum” and is “taught well,” with staff skilled in planning “interesting phonics lessons.”
• The school is “highly inclusive,” with staff having “high aspirations for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
• “Pupils are polite and well mannered,” playing well together and making “positive contributions to school life.”
• Staff are “positive about the high-quality training that they receive,” and leaders are “considerate of staff’s workload and well-being.”
• The “personal development programme is well planned,” helping pupils become “tolerant and respectful” with a “good understanding of diversity.”

Areas to improve

• The curriculum in music and French is “not well planned,” meaning pupils “do not remember crucial knowledge.”
• Leaders of some foundation subjects do not ensure teachers use assessment “consistently well to check that pupils understand what they have been taught.”
• A small number of disadvantaged pupils “do not attend well,” though leaders are working on this.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” noting a “strong culture of safeguarding” where staff are “vigilant and knowledgeable” and leaders “act quickly and effectively” to keep pupils safe.