Clifton Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 1 March 2023

Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy attending this caring, friendly school. Pupils are confident that staff will listen and support them if they have any worries. This helps pupils to feel safe at school. Pupils know that leaders and teachers expect the best of them. They try hard to meet these expectations by being kind to each other and behaving sensibly. Pupils enjoy being rewarded for making positive choices so that they can collect owl points. They are keen to be nominated to feature on the kindness tree. Pupils learn to treat everyone equally, regardless of difference. For example, pupils told the inspector how they learned about different types of families during the recent LGBTQ+ week. Any bullying is dealt with quickly and effectively by staff so that it does not continue. Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to succeed, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils work hard in their lessons. They achieve well. Many pupils spoke enthusiastically about the trips and activities that they have enjoyed. For example, a recent trip to an air-raid shelter helped to bring pupils' learning in Year 6 about the Second World War to life.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of subjects, leaders are still finalising their curriculum thinking to ensure that pupils' learning is ordered logically over time. As a result, teachers are not clear enough about how new knowledge relates to pupils' earlier learning in these subjects. This hinders pupils' learning. Leaders should ensure that they are clear about what they want pupils to know, and in what order teachers should deliver this subject content.

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