Nettlestone Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 11 June 2024

Pupils appreciate the school values that are known as 'mission possibles'. The five missions are interwoven across all areas of school life and are used to teach pupils essential life skills, such as respect, resilience and making healthy choices. This helps pupils to make meaningful, appropriate decisions and understand how to behave as expected. As a result, pupils' behaviour is positive across the school and Year 6 leave well prepared for their next stage of education. This is a caring school. Starting in the early years, relationships between adults and pupils are kind and respectful. This helps pupils to feel safe. The school has high ambitions for pupils' achievement. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are supported well by adults in lessons, who help them to learn well across the curriculum. Pupils are proud to support a charity of their choice. This starts with children in the pre-school making cakes, which they sell in the class shop to raise money. Pupils take on a variety of roles of responsibility. For example, 'Young Governors' work with the governing body on local issues, including road safety.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, teachers do not check carefully enough what pupils have learned and remembered. As a result, teaching does not consistently address gaps or build well enough on what came before. The school should ensure that teachers check routinely that key content has been learned, and use this information to inform future teaching.
• The curriculum in early years is not yet fully developed in some areas of learning. This means that children are not being supported to build knowledge and skills over time as effectively as they could be. The school must identify precisely what children should learn and in what order to be ready for their next stage of learning.

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