Stanhope Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 19 September 2023

Pupils are happy and excited to learn here. The school ensures that all pupils access an ambitious curriculum and achieve well. Children in the early years receive the support, care and curriculum that they need, to get off to an excellent start. Leaders and staff want learning to be relevant and reflective of the school's community. This includes encouraging pupils to celebrate differences and treat everyone as individuals. The school promotes its values consistently, which pupils follow and understand. Behaviour in the school is exemplary. Pupils respect and care for one another and all members of the school community. The school focuses on rewarding positive behaviour and celebrating success. Staff are quick to deal with concerns, including bullying. They have positive, warm working relationships with pupils. They model respectful behaviour and attitudes, which pupils respond to very positively. Staff help to keep pupils safe and happy here. From early years onwards, the school provides pupils with multiple enrichment opportunities. Leaders encourage high levels of pupil participation and have ambitious aspirations for all. The provision for performing arts and work on social responsibility are real strengths of the school. Pupils take great pride in performing to a variety of audiences through participation in competitions for speech and drama and 'memory championships.'

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, some of the activities that pupils are set in Years 1 to 6 do not help them to deepen knowledge as well as they could. This means that once pupils have grasped a concept, there are occasions where the curriculum does not enable them to further extend their understanding. The school should ensure that teaching consistently considers and sets activities that fully support the deepening of pupils' understanding.

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