Longmoor Community Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 2 July 2024

Pupils are full of life at this school. They are confident, charming and cheerful. They know that staff look after them well, which helps pupils to feel safe and secure. They get along with each other, behave well and give new people a warm welcome. It is a happy place to be. The school is ambitious for what pupils should learn. This includes for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils achieve well in some subjects. However, the school's aspirations for what pupils will learn in some other subjects have not been fully realised. This is because the school is in the early stages of redeveloping and improving many subject curriculums. The school organises various opportunities for pupils to develop their talents and follow their interests. For example, the school organises annual drama productions that pupils are excited to perform in. Some classes have learned how to play the clarinet. The school also provides additional tuition for pupils who show a particular aptitude in playing woodwind and brass instruments. The school arranges different residential visits for every class from Years 2 to 6. Several parents told the inspector that a recent overnight stay had a positive impact on their children's independence at home.

What the school should improve

• The school is in the early stages of addressing issues with the design and delivery of several subject curriculums, including in the early years. Some of these issues lead to pupils not learning all that they should. The school should complete its work to redevelop its subject curriculums, ensuring that they are designed well. The school should also ensure that teachers have sufficient curriculum guidance on how best to teach content so that they can help pupils to build their knowledge securely over time.
• The school does not have sufficient insight into the implementation of some subjects, including in the early years. This means that the school does not act quickly enough when curriculum content is not delivered well or has slipped through the net. This causes pupils to develop gaps in their learning. The school should ensure that subject curriculums are taught as they are intended. The school should also review how it oversees its subject curriculums so that any issues can be swiftly addressed.
• Governors do not have a secure insight into the quality of the school's curriculum, including in the early years. This means that governors are not well placed to hold leaders to account for the impact of their actions and are not sufficiently informed about how well recent curriculum changes are being implemented. Governors should review how they oversee the work of leaders so that they can be assured that pupils are able to achieve well throughout the curriculum.

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