Greenfield Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 12 November 2024

Warm and positive relationships permeate throughout Greenfield Primary School. Staff know their pupils well. Pupils appreciate the support and care they receive. This means that pupils are happy and feel safe in school. The school promotes high educational standards. Pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy their learning and achieve well. They take pride in their work. Most pupils are ready for the next stages in their education. The school sets high expectations for pupils' behaviour. The recent changes the school has made to the behaviour policy help pupils to understand what is expected of them. Pupils are polite and courteous. They listen with attention to their teachers and each other. Pupils play harmoniously together. This begins in the early years where pupils are taught how to share and be kind to each other. The school provides a varied range of wider curriculum opportunities, such as chess and basketball. Staff are ambitious that all pupils participate in these experiences. They take steps to allow this to happen. Pupils enjoy the opportunities to be active leaders in the school community, such as becoming a prefect or a mental health ambassador. They take their roles and responsibilities seriously.

What the school should improve

• In some areas of the early years curriculum, the school has not identified with enough clarity what it wants children to learn and by when. This means that some children are not fully prepared for the next stages in learning. The school should set out clearly the foundational knowledge that children need to learn in the early years.
• In some lessons, the school does not make checks to establish whether pupils are learning the intended curriculum. This means that some teachers do not adapt their teaching, so at times, pupils find the work too difficult. The school should ensure that teachers use effective strategies to routinely check pupils' understanding and use the information gathered to make appropriate adaptations to support pupils' learning.
• A small number of pupils do not attend school regularly enough. This means they miss important knowledge and develop gaps in their learning. The school should embed recently introduced strategies to ensure these pupils attend more regularly. How can I feedback my views? You can use Ofsted Parent View to give Ofsted your opinion on your child's school, or to find out what other parents and carers think. We use information from Ofsted Parent View when deciding which schools to inspect, when to inspect them and as part of their inspection. The Department for Education has further guidance on how to complain about a school.

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