All Saints Church of England Primary School Stockport

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 19 November 2024

Pupils value being part of this happy and welcoming school community. Staff forge strong relationships with pupils and know their families well. The school expects pupils to behave well. From the youngest age, children in the early years and pupils across the school listen attentively to their teachers. Pupils' conduct embodies the 'All Saints Way.' They aspire to be rewarded with 'star of the week' awards and to be recognised as 'values ambassadors.' Pupils are starting to benefit from the school's higher expectations of what they can achieve. Most pupils have positive attitudes to learning. They are motivated to try their best. Pupils are now experiencing a more ambitious curriculum. Nevertheless, many of the improved curriculums are in the early stages of being implemented. As a result, pupils have gaps in knowledge across a range of subjects. Pupils do not achieve as well as they should. This includes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils enjoy helping to make their school a better place. They are proud of the roles that they have within school, for example, as playground leaders or anti-bullying ambassadors. Pupils are also keen participants in the school's band, choir, and sporting teams.

What the school should improve

• Positive changes to the design of many of the school's curriculums are fairly recent. This means that pupils have gaps in their knowledge from the previous curriculums. They do not remember what they have learned as well as they should. The school should make sure that the new curriculums are completed and implemented consistently well so that pupils gain a strong body of knowledge in the longer term.
• Some teachers do not routinely check that pupils are fully secure with prior learning before they move on to new content. This means that pupils do not build on their prior knowledge as well as they should. The school should make sure that teachers check that pupils have understood what has been taught, so that misconceptions and gaps in learning are quickly addressed before new learning is introduced.
• At times, the school does not use the information that it has about the needs of pupils with SEND to adapt the delivery of the curriculum as effectively as it should. This hinders how well some pupils with SEND learn. The school should ensure that staff use the information available to them to adapt their pedagogical choices to meet the needs of pupils with SEND.

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