Kellington Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 17 June 2025

Kellington Primary School has improved significantly since the last inspection. The school has worked effectively to ensure that all staff have high standards so that pupils achieve well. It is a caring and inclusive school. The 'Kellington Way' promotes strong values, such as kindness, respect and hard work. Most pupils understand and live out these values. Positive relationships and a deep understanding of pupils and their needs are central to the school's work. The school has worked successfully to raise the expectations for pupils' behaviour. The school provides pupils with a positive environment that is conducive to learning. It is calm and orderly. While the majority of pupils rise to the school's increased expectations, a small number of older pupils do not. At social times, pupils play happily, creatively and energetically. The school has invested in its outdoor facilities. This is helping pupils to develop their wider social, problem-solving and risk-assessment skills. For example, pupils can play in the sandpit, build dens and play sports. Pupils' personal development is integral to the school's work. The school has developed a comprehensive programme that supports pupils with their mental health, well-being and self-esteem very well.

What the school should improve

• There are inconsistencies in how the school's behaviour strategies are implemented for older pupils. As a result, they do not have the intended impact. This contributes to variation in some pupils' attitudes to learning, and, at times, lessons are disrupted. The school should ensure that the behaviour policy is applied consistently and continue to refine its behaviour support strategies so that pupils meet the school's high expectations for behaviour and conduct.
• Attendance rates are too low and too many pupils are persistently absent. Some pupils are not forming good attendance habits and, as a result, have gaps in their learning. The school should ensure that attendance remains a high priority and that families receive support to reduce absence further.
• Some aspects of the key stage 2 reading curriculum are not planned in sufficient detail. The school has not considered precisely enough what pupils need to know over time. As a result, some older pupils do not develop the depth of reading knowledge required to achieve well. The school should ensure that the reading curriculum is clearly and carefully designed so that pupils build their knowledge securely over time.

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