Isleworth Town Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 8 February 2023

This is a welcoming and inclusive school. Pupils say, 'Everyone is welcome here.' Pupils treat each other with kindness and respect. Older pupils enjoy helping younger ones at breaktimes and in class. For example, some pupils in Year 6 are sports leaders, responsible for helping younger pupils during physical education (PE) sessions. Many pupils in Year 6 commented on the importance of being good role models for pupils in younger years. Pupils behave well in and out of lessons. Leaders and school staff build nurturing, professional relationships with pupils. Pupils feel confident to speak to adults in school if they are worried about anything. Leaders deal with any incidents of bullying appropriately. Pupils are safe. Leaders have high aspirations for pupils. They want pupils to be confident and ambitious. Leaders provide opportunities for pupils to make decisions to develop the school. For example, pupils organise lunchtime clubs. To do so, they are required to source a member of staff to supervise the activity, and submit a written proposal for leaders' approval. These pupil-led clubs are in addition to the wide range of after-school activities that leaders organise for pupils. Recently, parents and carers were invited to take part in multisport sessions with their children after school.

What the school should improve

• Sometimes, leaders and teachers place too much emphasis on tasks and activities that pupils do in class instead of on the subject content and skills that they want pupils to know and remember. As a result, at times, pupils struggle to recall important knowledge. Leaders should fully implement their plans to ensure leaders and teachers make important knowledge explicit.
• Some subject thinking does not identify and sequence important knowledge from the early years onwards. As a result, curriculum thinking is not clear on how the early years prepares pupils for future learning. Subject leaders should identify the core knowledge that children need to know and remember in the early years, and explicitly sequence this content to help pupils to remember it.

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