Yanwath Primary School

Overview

Yanwath Primary School is described as a “highly inclusive” institution where pupils are “proud to attend” and feel “emotionally secure.” Leaders maintain a “shared aspirational vision” that drives continuous improvement, resulting in a “calm, focused learning environment” where attendance is consistently above national averages.

Strengths

• Attendance and behaviour are rated at a “Strong standard,” with leaders taking “swift, successful action” to remove barriers, resulting in high attendance even for disadvantaged pupils.
• The school is “highly inclusive,” with leaders being “tenacious in engaging other professionals” to ensure pupils with special educational needs receive “prompt help” and make “rapid gains.”
• Pupils “achieve extremely well” in reading, writing, and mathematics, with results consistently above the national average.
• Staff benefit from “extensive and tailored” professional development, allowing them to rapidly develop expertise and provide “highly effective support.”
• Personal development is robust, with pupils demonstrating a “particularly secure knowledge” of online safety, including recognising “artificial intelligence, misinformation and propaganda.”

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure curriculum delivery in foundation subjects is of a “consistently high quality” so pupils “consistently deepen their knowledge” across all subjects, as knowledge in some areas does not develop as deeply as in English and mathematics.
• In the early years, leaders should strengthen the quality of staff interactions to ensure they “consistently build on children’s learning” rather than just linking to the curriculum.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” and concerns are “actively identified, acted upon and managed.”