Browick Road Primary and Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 22 October 2024

Pupils gain confidence and a keen sense of responsibility over time at Browick Road. As a result, pupils become model citizens and contribute strongly to the life of the school. The oldest enthusiastically run games for the younger pupils at breaktimes and look after other aspects of the school, such as composting. Pupil captains lead their houses with pride. Pupils across all years enjoy attending school and talk enthusiastically about what they have learned. Their attendance is very high and behaviour is good. The school expects pupils to work hard and they do. The school has high expectations for what pupils should achieve. Most pupils learn to read quickly. They have excellent knowledge of what they have been taught. However, some pupils' writing skills are weaker than their reading ability. Pupils are given many opportunities beyond the core curriculum. The school has lots of local links, including with older people and artists. This helps pupils become responsible and community minded. Pupils in key stage 2 all learn to play musical instruments, and many learn to play more than one. Pupils regularly compete at local and county level in music and physical education events. As a result of this provision, they become more self- confident and experience life beyond the local area.

What the school should improve

• Some pupils have weak technical writing skills. This is either because pupils have not been taught these well enough or because gaps in learning these skills have not been identified and addressed. As a result, some pupils have weak handwriting, understanding of sentence structure and punctuation. The school needs to ensure that pupils are taught these specific skills to improve their writing.

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