Hauxton Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 13 June 2023

Pupils at Hauxton Primary School are happy, polite and welcoming. They are proud of their school and want to show it off to visitors. Pupils benefit from being part of an inclusive and supportive community. They feel cared for, both by their peers and adults. They feel safe. Bullying is extremely rare because pupils believe it is unacceptable to be unkind to others. If it does happen, pupils are confident it will be dealt with quickly. Pupils are avid and passionate readers. They love literature and books. Pupils become engrossed in the stories they read. They enjoy how the words they read spark their imagination and elicit a full range of emotions. Pupils understand their school's values. They know that there are high expectations of their behaviour and conduct. Pupils know how they should behave to meet these expectations, and they do. They benefit from learning in classrooms that are quiet and free from disruption. Pupils play together safely in well-ordered social spaces. Pupils enjoy a range of extra-curricular activities, including multi-sports and gardening club. Older pupils speak enthusiastically about their recent residential trip. They recount, with zeal, their experiences on high ropes and learning bush craft. They appreciate the opportunity they had to deepen their friendships.

What the school should improve

• Subject leaders do not have the capacity to monitor the curriculum effectively and support all teachers to deliver the curriculum with the precision and exactness that leaders intend. This leads to inconsistencies in the delivery of the curriculum, and pupils' learning is not secure in some areas. Leaders should ensure that subject leaders have capacity to monitor the curriculum to identify strengths and areas that need to be developed. Leaders should ensure that subject leaders can work with teachers to increase the consistency and exactness of teaching.
• Leaders have not considered how some elements of the early years curriculum lead into key stage 1. This means that teachers are not clear about the exact knowledge, skills and language that children need to be ready to access the curriculum in Year 1. Leaders should ensure they set out the specific words, concepts and skills pupils should learn in the early years to improve transition into Year 1.

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