Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 8 November 2022

Pupils at Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery display the school motto of 'success with a smile' throughout the school day. They know the importance of living the 12 school pledges, which they helped to design. Pupils are kind, polite and courteous towards each other and to adults. They support each other to do well, and they enjoy celebrating each other's successes. Pupils enjoy school and they love learning. Pupils work hard in lessons to do the best they can. This is because all staff have high expectations and ambitions for what pupils can achieve. Pupils enjoy playing together during breaktimes and lunchtimes. They look after each other. Bullying is very rare. Pupils know adults will help them if it happens. Pupils are happy and feel safe at school. Pupils enjoy the different opportunities offered. They like the range of clubs they can attend and the chances they get to compete in sporting events. Pupils are inspired to take on positions of responsibility during their time at school. Elections for these positions helps them to learn about democracy. Pupils feel privileged to represent the school and do so with pride.

What the school should improve

• Effective assessment practices are not consistently well-embedded across the school. In a few instances, teachers do not accurately identify what pupils know and can do. This means that activities are not always precisely matched to what pupils need to learn. Leaders must ensure that they secure a more consistent approach to assessment across subjects so that all teachers adapt work to meet pupils' needs effectively.
• There is a minority of pupils who are persistently absent from school. Consequently, they do not achieve as well as they should. Leaders must ensure that they identify pupils with poor attendance quickly and take swift action to ensure these pupils attend school regularly.
• Subject leaders receive structured guidance in monitoring provision in their subjects accurately and in supporting other teachers to improve their practice. However, some subject leaders are relatively new to the role and are still being trained. Leaders must ensure that all subject leaders receive the support and training they need so that they can continue to improve the quality of curriculum implementation in their subjects.

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