Red Hill Field Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 16 March 2022

Red Hill Field Primary School is welcoming and inclusive. Pupils are polite and well mannered. They uphold the school's values of respect, harmony and fulfilment in their actions. Pupils, staff and governors are proud of their school. Expectations are high. Leaders are relentless in their drive to make their school the best it can be. They want all pupils to learn and grow in harmony. Pupils know they are cared for. They feel safe and happy in school. Pupils learn how to keep themselves safe. They know how to protect themselves from harm when using the internet. Pupils show positive attitudes to learning. The behaviour of most pupils is good. Pupils are very respectful towards each other. However, some pupils say they can occasionally be distracted by others in lessons. Pupils say that bullying is rare. They are confident that staff act straight away with any incidents of bullying. Pupils know how to keep mentally and physically healthy. They are proud of their efforts to complete the 'Move it March' challenge. Pupils appreciate the well-being forms when seeking help if they have a worry or concern. Well-being ambassadors make sure pupils know who to go to for support.

What the school should improve

• The school's curriculum is not yet sufficiently well planned and sequenced in some subjects. In these subjects, pupils are not achieving as well as they could. However, it is clear from leaders' actions that they are in the process of bringing this about. Leaders need to complete the process of reviewing their curriculum in all subjects within their identified timescale. For this reason, the transitional arrangements have been applied.
• Some subject leaders do not have a clear oversight of the curriculum in their subject areas. Sometimes, they are too reliant on senior leaders to plan the curriculum. Leaders should ensure that all subject leaders receive the training they need to develop the subject expertise that the curriculum requires.
• The proportion of pupils who are regularly absent from school is too high, particularly disadvantaged pupils. Leaders should continue their work to reduce this so that the systems in place to help all pupils attend as well as they can are successful.

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