Donnington Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 25 April 2023

Pupils enjoy coming to this school because their classmates are kind and they like learning new things. They have strong working relationships with adults and are well cared for. Pupils behave sensibly and reported incidents of bullying are rare. The many in-year new joiners are helped to settle in quickly. Parents and carers are very positive about the school. They highlighted the strong sense of community and the help and care given to their children. Leaders strive to enable all pupils to achieve highly. They keep the curriculum under constant review. They drive improvements with thought and determination. There are strong processes in place to identify and provide targeted support to pupils who need extra help to succeed. This includes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those at the earliest stage of speaking English as an additional language. As a result, pupils achieve well. Children in early years are well prepared for entry to Year 1. Leaders also work with external charities to help raise pupils' achievements and aspirations. For example, Year 6 recently spent a week having lessons in different subjects from university lecturers and visiting university campuses. The programme culminated in a 'graduation' and pupils writing about their ambitions for their future careers.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, revised and improved ambitious curriculum thinking and implementation are at the early stages of being embedded. This means that pupils do not achieve as highly as they could. Leaders should ensure that across the subjects, they fully and securely embed the revised planned curriculums so that pupils can achieve their full potential.

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