Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 22 March 2022

Pupils rightly value how everyone is included in their school community. They learn about a wide range of aspects of equality and diversity. Pupils understand how harmful discrimination of any kind can be and make sure, along with their teachers, that it does not happen. This serves pupils extremely well. One pupil's view is shared by many others: 'I am getting the tools I need for life.' Pupils show high levels of respect for each other and for adults. Pupils care for and help one other, which builds on the very strong support that staff give pupils. Pupils behave extremely well and bullying is incredibly rare. This makes for industrious, inquisitive classrooms where pupils rise to teachers' expectations. Pupils play together harmoniously and they justifiably feel safe at school. Pupils attend regularly. Leaders are ambitious both for pupils' academic and personal achievements. They communicate this vision successfully to parents and carers, who are hugely supportive of the school. All of the parents who responded to Ofsted's online questionnaire, Parent View, would recommend this school to other parents. One parent summed up: 'We cannot speak highly enough of the school… I believe this is down to strong, compassionate leaders and the community they foster.'

What the school should improve

• While some pupils already achieve exceptionally well, this is not consistently the case for pupils across the school. Leaders need to improve the depth and challenge of the curriculum further, so that pupils, including those with SEND, make excellent progress in the subjects they study.
• The early years curriculum is not yet fully developed to enable children to achieve highly ambitious end-points across all seven areas of learning. Once this is complete, leaders should make sure that the curriculum is implemented consistently well.
• Weaker readers in key stage 2 are supported to catch up, but this is not as effective as it could be. Leaders should ensure that the help pupils receive is more precise, so that these pupils make even more rapid progress in reading.

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