All Saints CofE Primary School, Horsham

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 1 April 2025

Pupils are proud to attend All Saints CofE Primary School. They learn about the school's values of respect, compassion, creativity and hope from when they start in early years. These values are woven through all areas of school life and consistently demonstrated by pupils in how well they behave. The school promotes a culture of high expectations. Pupils have positive attitudes and achieve well in their learning. Successes are celebrated regularly. This helps pupils to take pride in their achievements and to discover more about one another's talents and interests. Staff ensure that every pupil feels valued and safe. Parents and carers appreciate the strong sense of community in which every pupil is known. Many say their children thrive here. Pupils welcome opportunities to be role models and to demonstrate their leadership skills. Through these responsibilities they contribute to the caring ethos of their school. For example, play leaders encourage pupils to be active and to make new friends. Pupils have a clear understanding of equality, diversity and inclusivity. They recognise that everyone is unique and that differences are to be celebrated. Staff help to bring a range of cultural perspectives to life through workshops, special days and visiting speakers.

What the school should improve

• The support given to pupils with SEND is not consistently well matched to their needs. This means that some pupils do not access the intended learning as effectively as they could. The school should ensure that staff make effective use of SEND provision plans to inform curriculum adaptations.
• Systems to check pupils' understanding are not used consistently. As a result, misconceptions can be missed. Similarly, some pupils are insufficiently challenged by the choice of task they are working on because their starting points have not been considered carefully enough. The school should ensure that all staff use assessment effectively and consistently to check pupil's understanding and inform teaching choices.
• There is inconsistency in the teaching of phonics. Some pupils, particularly weaker readers, do not develop fluency and accuracy in their reading as quickly as they could. The school should ensure that all staff have the appropriate expertise to teach the phonics programme well.

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