Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 24 September 2024

Pupils are full of enthusiasm for their learning here. Staff help them to build positive habits for learning in the classroom and beyond. The school provides structured guidance for pupils' playtime activities. This helps pupils, including children in the early years, to share and collaborate across year groups. As a result, pupils, parents and carers alike feel that the school is a welcoming and positive community. The achievement of pupils is far stronger than current published outcomes data indicates. The school is ambitious for all pupils to achieve their best, including the substantial cohort of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff understand what each pupil needs for them to move forward in their learning. Behaviour in class is settled and calm. On occasions when pupils find it hard to regulate themselves, staff help them with care and sensitivity. As a result, learning is not interrupted. Pupils trust the school to resolve any worries or issues. This helps them to feel safe and happy in school. Clubs, educational visits, talent shows and collaborations with the Royal Shakespeare Company help to nurture pupils' talents. These also develop their confidence and self-esteem.

What the school should improve

• The school has recently moved to a new curriculum model in English. As a result, some pupils in key stage 2 have not securely embedded their previously learned English knowledge and skills. On occasion, they cannot access the tasks set as fully as their peers. The school should ensure that, as the new English curriculum is embedded, gaps in understanding for older pupils continue to close.
• In some areas of the curriculum the sequencing of the knowledge, vocabulary and skills is not as clearly set out. The tasks set for pupils are not as focused as they could be on building pupils' vocabulary and knowledge. This means that some pupils, includ- ing some children in the early years, are not developing their language and under- standing as rapidly as they could. The school needs to make sure that coherent se- quencing and planning of knowledge, skills and vocabulary in all aspects of the curricu- lum is used to determine the work tasks that pupils complete.

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