Greenfield Primary Academy

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 28 March 2023

Pupils described their school as respectful and safe. They enjoy learning and they are keen to be involved in the wide range of trips and visits that leaders organise for them. Leaders have high expectations for all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and those pupils who speak English as an additional language. Pupils achieve well across the curriculum. Staff ensure that pupils know that they have the right to learn, feel safe and be successful. Pupils behave well in school. There is little disruption to learning. They interact respectfully with each other and adults. They trust that staff in school will deal with any issues quickly, including any incidents of bullying. Through the 'Harmony Pledge', leaders ensure that pupils benefit from a range of wider opportunities. For example, pupils spoke with excitement about a freestyle footballer visiting the school to support this work. Pupils develop their leadership skills through representing their peers on the eco, sports, arts and school councils. They enjoy having the opportunity to contribute to the running of their school. The recent election of the 'mini mayor' helped to develop pupils' understanding of democracy.

What the school should improve

• In a minority of subjects, leaders have not made the knowledge that they want pupils, including children in the early years, to learn clear enough to teachers. This hinders some teachers in designing learning that helps pupils to build their knowledge over time. Leaders should ensure that, in these subjects, they identify and order the knowledge that pupils should learn so that pupils' learning builds sequentially and securely.
• In a small number of subjects, leaders do not support some teachers sufficiently well to check on what pupils know and can do. This means that, in these subjects, teachers are not as well equipped to identify and address pupils' misconceptions. Leaders should ensure that they support teachers to check on how well pupils have learned and remembered the intended curriculum so that staff can identify, and then deal with, the gaps in pupils' knowledge.

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