Kingsway Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 14 June 2022

Leaders have established a caring, learning environment at Kingsway Primary School based on the core values of truthfulness, kindness and equality. Every pupil is well known. Staff treat pupils with kindness and respect. Leaders are committed to inclusion. They are ambitious that all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), will do as well as they can. Pupils give visitors a warm welcome to their school. They are polite to everyone. They are happy to come to school. In lessons, pupils concentrate on their work. They participate well because they know that this is what their teachers expect. These high expectations are established from the moment pupils join the school in the Reception Year. Pupils enjoy social times, for example pupils chat together happily as they eat their lunch. They enjoy the wide range of games and activities that are available for them to play. Pupils understand what bullying is. If it happens, pupils know that they must tell an adult who will sort it out for them. Pupils are taught about diversity and equality. Pupils accept each other's differences. They recognise that everyone is unique. One pupil said, 'Everyone is special in their own way. We welcome everyone.'

What the school should improve

• Leaders know that existing foundation subject curriculum plans do not precisely identify the key knowledge that pupils need to learn. In these subjects, teachers are not always clear about what pupils need to know and remember. Teachers are not always precise about how new learning builds on prior learning. Leaders should ensure that the curriculum for some foundation subjects sets out exactly what pupils should learn and make explicit how new knowledge builds pupils' learning step by step. For this reason, the transitional arrangements have been applied.
• Assessment in some of the foundation subjects lacks precision. This is because the curriculum does not clearly identify the key knowledge that teachers need to cover. This can mean that teachers are not always making the right checks to ensure that pupils are remembering prior learning in the long term. Leaders must ensure that teachers assess the progress that pupils make against the key knowledge identified in curriculum plans and use this information effectively to inform future planning.

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