Morton Trentside Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 21 March 2023

Staff and pupils live out the school's values of 'care, inspire, thrive and achieve'. They do so in a happy, safe and caring school. They are rightly proud of their school. Pupils are welcoming, polite and respectful. Staff have high expectations of pupils' behaviour. Pupils consistently meet these high expectations. Rarely is behaviour unacceptable. Occasionally, there is some unkindness. Pupils value that staff listen and help sort disagreements if they happen. Pupils appreciate the range of opportunities that enrich their time at school. They take their leadership responsibilities seriously. For example, the sports crew, mini police, and various ambassador roles have a positive impact. Pupils like having Barney, the school dog, around. Pupils are inspired by trips and visitors. They warmly recall learning about Hinduism and Indian culture. Children in the early years eagerly awaited chicks to hatch from eggs. Pupils expressively sing while at the same time using sign language. They enthusiastically perform with rhythm as part of the Samba percussion ensemble. Parents and carers are mostly very positive about the school. A parent typically commented, 'The staff are amazing. My child has thrived from the minute he attended this school. All of the staff genuinely care about the well-being of every child.'

What the school should improve

• Parts of some subject curriculums are not as ambitious as they could be. Leaders have not identified all of the key learning that they want pupils to learn and when in these subjects. Consequently, pupils are not consistently challenged in all aspects of these subjects and do not develop their understanding as fully as they could. Leaders must ensure that all aspects of all subject curriculums are appropriately demanding, thus enabling pupils to know more and remember more in all subjects.

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