Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 21 March 2023

Leaders nurture a strong sense of community in the school. Parents and carers typically praised leaders for the school's caring, 'family' community where children have a happy and successful time. Leaders have high expectations that pupils will learn well and gain a wide range of educational experiences. Pupils are enthusiastic about coming to school because they enjoy learning and playing with their friends. They like the way their teachers help them to learn and to remember interesting and useful knowledge and skills. Pupils are well prepared for the next stages of their education and life beyond school. Pupils behave well. In conversations with each other and adults, they listened respectfully, discussing different opinions sensibly. Pupils socialise cheerfully. Incidents of poor behaviour do not happen often. Pupils share any concerns with members of staff, and issues are put right quickly. Leaders ensure that there is strong support for pupils' emotional well-being. Pupils are safe in school. Pupils benefit from taking on responsibilities and helping others. For example, pupil librarians encourage younger pupils to choose books to read, 'mini-experts' run lunchtime clubs, such as the comic, coding and basketball clubs, to share their interests with others, and school councillors organise fundraising activities, including the popular 'sweets-in-the-jar' competition.

What the school should improve

• Occasionally, leaders do not ensure that teachers' delivery of the curriculum develops the precise knowledge and skills that leaders intend pupils to learn. Pupils then do not learn all the key content that leaders expect pupils to know, remember and build up. Leaders should ensure that teachers' planning and delivery of the curriculum prioritise pupils' learning of the intended subject content.
• On occasion, checks on pupils' learning are not routinely effective at identifying gaps in pupils' recall of key subject content. Leaders should continue their work to ensure that gaps in learning are consistently identified and addressed by teachers.

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