Godwin Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 7 May 2025

Pupils love coming to school. Through clear communication with families, the school supports parents and carers to build upon their children's eagerness to learn. The school's values of thoughtfulness, responsibility, determination, working together, resilience, respect and understanding are seen throughout this school. Pupils understand what these values mean. Throughout their time at the school, they are supported well to develop into successful citizens of modern Britain. For instance, the school prioritises helping pupils to actively become kind supporters of both themselves and those around them. Opportunities to work as members of the student council and eco-warriors also support pupils' wider all-round development. Pupils behave very well. They are responsible and caring. Pupils work well together and support each other's learning. The school makes sure that pupils are safe and that they learn how to keep themselves safe and healthy outside of school and online. The school has high expectations for pupils' learning. This includes making sure that disadvantaged pupils can learn the ambitious curriculum well. Pupils' sound learning of the curriculum is seen in the work that they produce and their achievements, including in external assessments in mathematics and English.

What the school should improve

• When teaching is not supported by well-developed subject expertise, some activities do not help pupils to learn the curriculum well. At times, this leads to gaps in pupils' understanding and knowledge and means their learning is not fully secure. The school should strengthen its expertise in teaching the curriculum in a way that promotes secure learning.

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