All Saints CofE First School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 4 May 2023

At All Saints, leaders have high aspirations for all pupils, based around the school motto. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) respond well to leaders' high expectations. Pupils achieve well. The school's values are central to school life. Pupils behave well in classes and around school. They are happy and safe. Pupils attend a range of clubs, which are changed regularly. The clubs cater for a range of pupils' talents and interests. These include sports clubs, coding, forest school and choir. Pupils are polite and respectful. They have many responsibilities in school, such as being school councillors or buddies in the dining hall. As one pupil said, 'we make good decisions for our school, we want to make our world better'. Pupils understand what bullying is. When it does occasionally occur, pupils and parents agree that staff and leaders will sort this out at the earliest possible stage. The comment of one parent reflects the thoughts of others: 'The school has a “be the best you can be” motto and they celebrate all the children as individuals.'

What the school should improve

• On occasion, the books that some pupils read are not well matched to the sounds they are learning. This slows some pupils' progress in learning to read. Leaders should ensure that the books pupils read are all closely matched to the sounds that they are learning.
• In a small number of subjects, the curriculum does not clearly identify the key knowledge that leaders want pupils to know and remember. At times, some units of work contain too much content. As a result, pupils do not always know and remember the intended learning in these subjects. Leaders should ensure that all areas of the curriculum make clear the important knowledge they want pupils to learn.

Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)