Culvers House Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 16 May 2023

Pupils are proud of their school and excited to learn here. Leaders ensure that all pupils access an ambitious curriculum. They want learning to be relevant and reflective of the school's community. This includes encouraging pupils to celebrate differences and treating everyone as individuals. Leaders have high expectations of pupils' behaviour and learning. This helps with pupils' excellent behaviour and positive attitudes. Pupils support and care for one another actively. The school values thread through school life. For example, staff encourage pupils to work together with each other during lessons. All staff have positive, warm working relationships with pupils. They model respect, which pupils respond to very positively. Staff help to keep pupils safe and happy here. Leaders provide pupils with a wealth of enrichment opportunities. Pupils enjoy outings to support their understanding of the curriculum. Leaders have high aspirations for all pupils. They invite parents and carers, along with community members, to talk about future careers. Leaders ensure pupils can take on responsibility and leadership. For instance, pupils on the 'learning council' meet with leaders to share their views on the curriculum. Pupils are delighted to contribute to school life.

What the school should improve

• In a few foundation subjects, leaders do not identify precisely the important content they want pupils to learn over time. As a result, in these subjects, teachers are not as clear as in other subjects about the small steps in pupils' learning that they need to check and build on. Leaders need to ensure they have identified all the key knowledge and vocabulary that pupils need to know in every subject so that teachers can identify and address any gaps in pupils' understanding.

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