Netherthong Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 28 November 2023

Pupils enjoy coming to school and appreciate how staff care for them. Leaders and staff are highly ambitious for the achievement of all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The academic, personal, social and emotional support that leaders provide contributes strongly to how well pupils achieve. There is a tangible community feel to this school, with strong relationships between pupils and staff. Pupils are polite and well mannered. They speak confidently and articulately with visitors. They are proud of the positive contribution that they make to their school and the wider community through their many community activities, such as performances of songs and music at a local nursing home. Teachers' high expectations for behaviour are clear. Classrooms are calm and purposeful. This allows pupils to do their best in lessons. Pupils, from the very youngest children, are inquisitive and display highly positive attitudes to their learning. Pupils have a very well-developed understanding of equality and diversity. They revel in their many responsibilities, for example as members of the school government. Younger pupils enjoy the varied range of games that sports leaders, their older peers, provide for them at lunchtime. A rich variety of visits and after- school activities enhances their learning across the curriculum.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of foundation subjects, the school's checks on pupils' retention of key knowledge are not as precise as in others. This means that pupils' knowledge in these subjects is not as secure as leaders would wish. The school should sharpen their curricular thinking so that pupils know more and remember more in these subjects over time.

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