Brunswick Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 18 June 2024

The school recognises how changes in leadership over time have had a negative impact on the quality of education provided to its pupils. Recent rapid improvements reflect the ambition of leaders to ensure that all pupils will now get the teaching and support they need to achieve well. Pupils are beginning to learn from a broad curriculum which is now more coherently planned. However, currently, the way some subjects are taught is inconsistent. This means that pupils do not learn as well as they should across the full curriculum. Pupils feel safe and learn in calm classrooms. Staff create a caring and nurturing environment. Pupils attend well because they enjoy school. They value the diversity of the pupil population. Many initiatives, such as the school's 'belonging week', help everyone to feel welcome and included. The 'safe space' pupil group helps to promote tolerant and respectful attitudes. Pupils benefit from a rich and varied enrichment offer. Clubs are numerous and pupils' active participation in the school fosters a sense of citizenship. For example, the 'gardening gang' enjoy looking after the school grounds. The school supports pupils to develop strong communication and teamwork skills through focused activities beyond the formal curriculum. Regular meetings and votes ensure that all pupils have a voice in school improvements, promoting a democratic culture.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, leaders have not yet precisely identified and fully sequenced the detailed knowledge that they want pupils to learn. This means that pupils do not always systematically build understanding over time and means they do not achieve well across the school's curriculum. The school should continue its work to explicitly identify what pupils should learn in all subjects in readiness for the next stage of their education.
• There are inconsistencies in the way the curriculum is taught. The way new learning is introduced, and activities provided, do not always build pupils' knowledge and understanding. The school needs to ensure that teachers deliver the intended curriculum consistently well to maximise pupils' achievement across all subjects.
• Some teachers are not yet consistently following the school's curriculum plans. This means that pupils do not always precisely build the important knowledge and skills they need to achieve well. The school needs to ensure that checks are made on how well the curriculum is implemented and provide further support where needed.

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