Horn's Mill Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 19 March 2024

The school is highly ambitious for the achievement of pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The academic, personal, social and emotional support that the school provides contributes strongly to how well pupils achieve. Pupils enjoy coming to school. They described it as a big family. There are strong relationships between pupils and staff. Pupils are polite and well mannered. They speak confidently and articulately with visitors. Pupils are proud of the positive contribution that they make to their school and to the wider community. For example, they enjoy litter picking at the local park, in partnership with the parish council. Classrooms are calm and purposeful. This allows pupils to do their best in lessons. Pupils are inquisitive and display highly positive attitudes towards their learning. Pupils have a very well-developed understanding of equality and diversity. They revel in their many responsibilities, including as head pupils or members of the school council. A rich variety of visits and after-school activities enhances pupils' learning across the curriculum. For example, during the inspection, pupils were thoroughly engaged in rehearsals for a musical extravaganza. Pupils also spoke with pride at their involvement in a mathematics competition at the local high school.

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, the endpoints that the curriculum is building towards are not clearly defined. This hinders teachers from designing learning that helps pupils to build on their prior learning. In these subjects, the school should set out what pupils are expected to know by the end of each topic so that they can build their knowledge over time.

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