Nightingale Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 5 March 2024

Pupils are happy and motivated to learn. Strong relationships between adults and pupils help pupils feel safe in school. The school values of respect, courage, compassion and friendship permeate throughout. Right from Reception Year, children play well together and enjoy learning collaboratively. The school aspires for all pupils to experience a broad range of learning opportunities and achieve well. Pupils are known as individuals. Bespoke support for those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) enables them to learn effectively. Staff tirelessly encourage pupils to achieve their very best. Pupils are encouraged to develop a range of broader skills. They speak enthusiastically about their first aid training. They also enjoy helping to improve the school through leadership roles such as librarians, young governors and pupil 'future leaders'. Pupils understand the importance of supporting their wider community. They learn how to put together food parcels that make healthy, nutritious meals through working with the local community pantry. A range of visits both locally and further afield enrich pupils' learning experiences. Through their trip to Wales, Year 6 pupils develop resilience and independence. Furthermore, visitors into school such as from an Arctic explorer and Olympians broaden pupils' horizons and knowledge of life beyond school.

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, the important knowledge that pupils need to learn is not identified precisely enough. Teachers do not always know exactly what they need to teach to ensure that pupils build knowledge coherently over time. The school needs to identify the exact knowledge that pupils need to remember securely in all subjects so that they are ready for their next steps in learning and achieve well.
• Sometimes teachers do not have the detailed subject knowledge required to teach the intended curriculum. The activities that teachers design do not always enable pupils to learn as much as they could. The school should ensure that teachers have comprehensive subject-specific knowledge in all subjects so that they can support pupils to achieve well across the full curriculum.

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