Pittington Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 13 July 2022

Pupils are rightly proud of their school, and of themselves. They respond positively to the high expectations that leaders have of them. Pupils' conduct is superb. They look after their environment, tuck in chairs behind them and tidy away after themselves. They are polite to visitors, adults and each other. Only a handful of pupils remember any bullying occurring. Pupils know that all adults in school, not just their own teacher, would sort out bullying straight away. The school's curriculum captures pupils' imagination. They work diligently in lessons and take pride in their work. They adore reading. At lunchtime, pupils visit the 'hedgehog room' to swap their books. Pupils talk with enthusiasm about the books that they read individually and the books that they read together as a whole class. At breaktime and lunchtime, pupils play together respectfully. Older pupils are proud of the work that they do to help pupils to feel welcomed and make friends. Year 6 sports leaders organise games for younger pupils to play. They are excellent role models.

What the school should improve

• Leaders have strengthened the curriculum in subjects such as geography so that pupils develop stronger disciplinary knowledge. However, staff have not been trained in some aspects of the new curriculum. This means that, in a minority of subjects, staff do not have sufficient expertise to teach some of the disciplinary knowledge, including in new curriculum plans. Leaders need to ensure that staff have the necessary subject knowledge to teach new curriculum effectively.

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