Forest View Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 5 November 2024

This is a welcoming, inclusive and happy school at the heart of the community. The school has high expectations of pupils' learning and behaviour. This is reflected in pupils' achievements. The school's ethos of 'putting children first' is threaded through all that the school does. Pastoral provision is strong. The school forges highly effective partnerships with families. This enables the school to give them the support they need. Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school. They typically comment that the school goes above and beyond and helps their children to thrive. Pupils are a credit to the school. They are friendly, polite and caring. Pupils enjoy school and understand what the school expects of them. They follow the rules well and have consistently positive attitudes toward their learning. Pupils feel safe at school. The school provides interesting experiences to enhance the curriculum. For example, pupils enjoy visiting a museum to find out about life in the Anglo-Saxon period. They enjoy learning about and celebrating Black History Month. Pupils appreciate visits from members of the local community and enjoy taking part in 'Romanian day'. The school teaches pupils to appreciate cultures different from their own so they are prepared well for life outside of school.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects in the wider curriculum, the school does not precisely break down the key components of knowledge and skills pupils must learn each year. Where this is the case, pupils are not routinely challenged to build the depth of knowledge they could. As a result, pupils have gaps in their learning. The trust should strengthen the foundation subject curriculum, and sharpen assessment, to ensure pupils are well supported to gain the knowledge, skills and vocabulary they need for future learning.

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