Livingstone Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 16 March 2022

Pupils are happy to come to school. The pupils who spoke to the inspector described how staff at the school create a caring atmosphere where everyone is valued equally. Pupils are aware of the high expectations that staff set for their behaviour. As a result, pupils behave well. They trust adults in the school to take swift and decisive action to address any bullying or matters of safety. Pupils feel safe at school. Pupils are responding well to the even higher aspirations that leaders are setting for their learning. All pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve well in subjects across the curriculum. This is despite some of the leaders' actions to make the curriculum even better being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pupils have opportunities to extend their learning through trips and other activities. Although in recent times some activities and clubs have been curtailed, pupils have enjoyed alternative events. These have included an online visit by an author and older pupils speaking to professionals remotely about their careers. The vast majority of the parents and carers that responded to the Ofsted Parent View survey were very positive about the school.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, leaders have not defined clearly enough some of the essential subject knowledge that they want pupils to learn. As such, teachers are not placing enough importance on what they want pupils to remember for their future learning. Subject leaders should ensure that they refine the curriculum in these subjects to be clearer about the key knowledge that they want pupils to know and remember.
• In some subjects, teachers' checks on pupils' learning do not focus on how well key content has been remembered over time. As a result, pupils cannot recall some subject knowledge as well as they should. Teachers should ensure that they check on pupils' learning to inform what aspects of the curriculum need to be revisited more often so that pupils have a better recall of their learning in these subjects.

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