Rudston Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 13 June 2023

Pupils, including children who attend the nursery, enjoy coming to this friendly and caring school. They play together energetically and engage positively with their learning. Pupils know that teachers and staff want the best for them. They understand the high expectations that staff have of them. This helps pupils to try their hardest in lessons. They are proud of themselves when their teachers reward them for demonstrating resilience or being respectful to their peers. Pupils feel listened to by staff. This helps them to feel safe. Pupils say that teachers will 'drop everything to help you if you are struggling'. If bullying should happen, teachers and leaders act quickly to tackle it. Many parents and carers, including parents of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), have positive views of the care and support that their children receive. Pupils build many memories of the different opportunities they have in school. For example, they spoke excitedly about the sports tournaments and residential trips they had taken part in. Pupils in the popular school choir look forward to performing on stage at a local high school. Leaders ensure that these experiences are accessible to all.

What the school should improve

• In a few of the foundation subjects, leaders have not precisely identified the crucial knowledge that they want pupils to acquire as they move through the curriculum. This hinders teachers in designing appropriate learning activities, and makes it more difficult for pupils to build on their prior knowledge as they progress through the school. Leaders should provide teachers with greater clarity about what pupils need to learn and remember in these subjects.
• In subjects other than reading and mathematics, assessment strategies do not give leaders and teachers enough understanding of how well pupils are learning the curriculum. Gaps can open in some pupils' knowledge without teachers knowing. Leaders should ensure that assessment strategies are well matched to the knowledge in the curriculum, so that teachers can accurately identify any learning that pupils have missed.

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