Angel Road Junior School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 25 February 2025

Pupils love their school. They have lots of friends and value their school's diverse community. Pupils know, understand and live the school values. Behaviour in lessons and around the school is typically positive. The atmosphere in lessons is calm and purposeful so everyone can get on with their work and there are rarely distractions. Teachers are kind and explain things well. They have high expectations for pupils' behaviour and achievement. Staff check that pupils understand their learning and address misconceptions or gaps in knowledge effectively. Consequently, pupils achieve well, and standards have improved. There is an exceptional provision for pupils' personal development. Pupils enjoy leadership roles and have an active voice in the direction of the school, for example the recent changes to outside play areas. The curriculum is enriched with many visits, visitors and clubs. All pupils participate in these activities. Pupils know how to keep themselves physically and mentally healthy. Pupils' voice directly impacts on the curriculum. For example, pupils are confident to talk about their fears and concerns, and the school adapts the curriculum plans to address these concerns within lessons.

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, pupils remember facts about their learning but cannot clearly explain connections between the facts they have learned. Consequently, pupils cannot clearly explain how the skills and facts they learn in individual lessons build towards what is intended by the end of a unit of work in the curriculum. The school should ensure that pupils can use and apply the knowledge they gain so they can demonstrate the depth and breadth of what they have learned by the end of each unit of work as intended in the curriculum.

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