Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 13 June 2023

Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery is a small village school where pupils are happy and friendly. They love their learning and are proud of their school. Pupils understand the Christian values they live by, such as respect and honesty. They believe that the values help them become better people. Pupils support their peers and celebrate each other's achievements. Pupils follow the school's motto, 'be all you can be,' and they are keen to do their best. Pupils are confident learners and achieve well. Pupils understand the high expectations leaders have set for their learning and behaviour. Consequently, pupils behave well. This includes the setting for the early years, where children settle quickly and develop positive relationships. Teachers encourage children to become independent learners right from the start. Pupils know that adults listen to them and that they will help them when needed. Adults act promptly to help pupils resolve any worries or concerns they may have. Pupils are not worried about bullying. Pupils enjoy many different activities and clubs. They benefit from trips, visitors, theme days and focus weeks, such as a cultural and language week. Pupils have many opportunities to develop their resilience and confidence through participating in musical performances.

What the school should improve

• The system for checking the quality of education is not rigorous enough for all leaders to be confident in how well pupils are achieving in all subject areas. As a result, leaders do not always have a full knowledge and understanding of how effective the curriculum is in all subjects. Leaders need to review the current arrangements and develop a more robust and rigorous system, which provides the assurance they need.
• Leaders have ensured that, in most subjects, the curriculum is developed and implemented effectively. In some subjects, the curriculum is new and is in the process of being implemented. As a result, teachers are still establishing what pupils need to learn and when. Leaders should ensure that, where the curriculum is more recently introduced, teachers implement the curriculum plans well so that pupils continue to achieve equally well across the whole curriculum.

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