Folkestone Primary

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 27 June 2023

Pupils at Folkestone Primary love the school and feel loved by the school. A close and warm relationship between staff and pupils is present throughout. Pupils speak passionately about the wide range of clubs, trips, opportunities and events at school. They value activities such as the 'children's university'. This gives children a sense of possible future pathways while allowing them to build around six weekly courses in life skills. Pupils enjoy making choices about their learning. Practical learning brings them a sense of fulfilment. Pupils feel encouraged by the lengths leaders go to bring all pupils into these activities. Pupils feel a sense of expectation from staff and rise to this. They are impeccably polite to adults in the school and particularly visitors. Pupils feel safe, and if a conflict arises, they are confident that adults will resolve this. Bullying is not tolerated in pupils' eyes, and they trust staff to address this effectively. Pupils can self-regulate and self-manage. They use the zoned system in the playground, and feel that this not only keeps them safe, but prevents conflict over equipment. The zones are maintained by pupils' understanding of equity and fairness. In lessons, behaviour is calm and settled.

What the school should improve

• Some subjects are still at an early stage of implementation. This means that the strong practice seen more widely is not yet fully secure in a small number of subjects. Leaders need to continue to embed and refine the curriculum to ensure it is taught with consistently high quality and that assessment is well embedded.

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