Kingfisher School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 19 June 2024

Kingfisher School is a special community. Those who work in the school are well trained to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff show enormous care and kindness to every pupil. This means that pupils love coming to school because they feel happy and safe. Parents are very positive about their child's experiences. One parent echoed the sentiments of others, saying, 'You walk down the corridor and look in the classes and all have a smile on their faces. The teachers go above and beyond with the children. I am so lucky to have found a school where my SEN child is happy, relaxed and improving every single day.' The school has high expectations and is ambitious for what pupils can achieve. The primary aim is to develop effective communication. The school ensures that pupils are able to use a variety of resources and strategies so they can express their thoughts and wishes. Staff know their pupils well, and they give them the time and space to be as independent as possible. Pupils have all the help they need to manage their feelings and emotions. As a result, behaviour across the school is calm and purposeful.

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, systems for checking what pupils know, remember and can do are still developing. This means that staff do not have always have a clear picture about whether pupils have learned and remembered the intended curriculum. The school should continue its work to implement a clear system for assessing what pupils know and understand in these subjects.
• Subject leadership in a few subjects is not yet fully developed. This means that, in these subjects, the school does not always have sufficient oversight of pupils' learning. The school needs to further refine subject leadership so that staff have a precise understanding of how well pupils are learning across the curriculum.

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