Becket Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 14 May 2024

Pupils at Becket Primary School are polite and welcoming. They describe their school as 'a happy place where learning is fun'. Pupils understand how the school values help them to be respectful and honest. Despite this, the quality of education that pupils receive is not yet good. In some subjects, pupils do not learn as well as they could. The implementation of the curriculum does not enable them to know more and remember more over time. The school has clear systems in place to manage pupils' behaviour. However, these are not always used effectively. Some staff do not address low level disruption quickly enough. As a result, learning is interrupted because some pupils struggle to engage with their learning or maintain their focus. Pupils feel safe. Relationships are positive across the school. Pupils talk confidently about how the 'worry boxes' enable them to share concerns. They trust adults to listen and help them to resolve any friendship issues that may arise. Pupils enjoy taking part in residential visits. They are eager to take on a range of responsibilities which develop them as leaders. Pupils value becoming house captains and play leaders. They say these roles help others and make the school a better place.

What the school should improve

• Some pupils are not provided with books that match closely enough to the sounds that they are learning. Consequently, they find their books too hard to read. This holds them back in becoming fluent readers. The trust needs to ensure that the books that pupils read match well the sounds they are learning.
• In some subjects, teachers do not adapt learning or check well enough what pupils know and remember. Subsequent learning does not take into account pupils' prior knowledge. As a result, some pupils do not build their knowledge well over time. The trust needs to ensure that teachers check what pupils know and remember across all subjects and that learning is suitably adapted so that all groups of pupils progress through the curriculum well.
• Expectations of behaviour are not high enough. Some pupils do not show positive attitudes to their learning and disrupt others. The trust needs to ensure that staff have high expectations of pupils' behaviour by consistently applying the recently introduced behaviour policy.

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