Mandeville Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 21 February 2023

Pupils at Mandeville Primary School are confident, respectful and resilient. They are happy in a warm and supportive environment. Pupils enthusiastically celebrate their school with visitors. Pupils typically respond well to the high expectations that staff have of them. Pupils are enthusiastic readers. They talk passionately about the books they read. Pupils learn about bullying through lessons and a whole-school anti-bullying week. They know and recognise bullying as unkind behaviour that repeats over time. When it happens, pupils know they can talk to staff, who support them. Pupils have confidence is staff. This helps to keep them safe. Pupils generally behave well. They are usually polite and respectful. However, sometimes, a small number of pupils talk over each other, disrupting others. Pupils play an active role in the school and wider community. For example, pupils take part in an annual enterprise week. Working together as a class, pupils create a business idea and discuss this with local businesses. Using this research, pupils produce and sell their product or arrange and host their event. Afterwards, pupils decide how they will spend the money to benefit all pupils in their class.

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, leaders have not considered fully what children learn in early years. In these subjects, teachers are not as well supported in understanding how learning in the early years fits into the sequence of learning. Leaders should ensure they set out the specific words, concepts and skills pupils should learn from Nursery to Year 6 before sharing these clearly with teachers to help them teach all subjects confidently and well.
• Teachers do not always present knowledge to pupils and check their understanding as precisely as is needed. This means that some pupils do not have a secure grasp of their learning and how to complete tasks. Leaders should ensure that teachers know how to present and scaffold information for pupils and accurately check their understanding to help all pupils progress.

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