Griffe Field Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 October 2023

Griffe Field is a vibrant learning community. The school sets out to 'develop successful, fulfilled young people, well skilled, with enquiring minds and positive, responsible attitudes'. Pupils achieve this with great accomplishment. Pupils talk confidently about the work they do to improve the school. They have a sense of pride in how they support one another. For example, the 'reading buddies' not only encourage younger pupils to love reading but they develop deep and meaningful friendships with each other. The school has the highest of expectations for all to achieve well. It removes known barriers and sets no ceiling to what pupils can achieve. As a consequence, pupils work hard. They are ambitious for themselves and support one another in the process. Relationships between adults and pupils are particularly strong. The development of pupils' character is impressive. The school enables pupils to understand the significance of making suitable choices about the skills needed to overcome problems. Pupils debate and discuss which skills they should use in a mature manner. A group of pupils agreed when exploring the concept of teamwork that it was about 'majority thinking, consensus, negotiating, including everyone and listening to everyone's ideas'.

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