Kingsteignton School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 12 November 2024

Since the previous inspection, there have been substantial changes to the leadership and organisation of the school. The school transferred into a new trust, which has guided it well through a period of change. The school is now in a more stable position. With support from the trust, the school has developed the curriculum to ensure that there are high expectations of what pupils can achieve. This is making a difference to how well pupils learn. However, some of this work is in its infancy. Pupils are not yet building their knowledge well enough across the curriculum. Pupils are happy, enjoy coming to school and treat each other well. Their high attendance is evidence of their positive attitudes to learning. Pupils take pleasure in talking to adults about their school. Staff build warm relationships with pupils, starting in the early years. This enables pupils to learn in a nurturing environment where they feel well supported. For example, the 'sunflower club' helps pupils with their mental health and well-being. Pupil leadership roles help pupils to become responsible, active and respectful citizens. For example, pupils in Year 6 take real pride in their roles as 'buddies' for Reception children in order to help them settle into school life.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, the school is not implementing the curriculum well enough to ensure that pupils build their knowledge based on prior learning. As a result, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge and so they are less prepared for their next stage, including pupils with SEND. The trust must ensure that pupils build their knowledge securely based on what they have learned before.
• Some checks the school makes on how well pupils are learning the curriculum are not sufficiently rigorous. As a result, pupils have unknown gaps in their knowledge or make repeated errors in their work over time. The trust must ensure that assessment is effective and supports staff to adjust learning to address pupils' misconceptions.
• Some staff and parents have mixed views about the quality of communication from the school. As a result, some concerns remain unresolved. The school and trust should continue to strengthen its systems for communication to enable successful working partnerships with all stakeholders.

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