Stanton Cross Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 7 May 2025

Pupils benefit from the school's high aspirations for everyone to succeed. The school provides an ambitious curriculum and pupils typically achieve well. Pupils enjoy learning and coming to school. They feel happy and safe. Pupils understand and respond well to the school's clear behavioural expectations of to be ready and safe. Pupils are polite and have good manners. They focus well on their learning and play happily together at social times. They respond positively to the school's consistent and caring approach. Relationships across the school are warm and nurturing. Staff know pupils well. The school provides pupils with rich and useful wider opportunities to bring new experiences to learning and extend pupils' interests. For example, there is an array of clubs that pupils can attend, such as football and art. Interesting workshops deepen pupils' understanding of key concepts. For instance, the school organises interesting fire- safety talks and visits from religious leaders in the community. Structured leadership roles, such as being on the school council, help pupils develop an understanding of responsibility. Pupils take part in fundraising for charities, which helps them learn to be active citizens. The school engages well with its community. For example, it shares key information with parents and carers about how the school has improved, which parents appreciate greatly.

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, the school does not ensure that pupils have a secure understanding of the knowledge they need over time. This means that, sometimes, pupils do not remember important knowledge or vocabulary from previously taught content. The school should ensure that it provides effective ways to help pupils to embed their understanding of important knowledge, so that pupils achieve even higher standards.
• The school's work to ensure that pupils attend regularly has had a varied impact. This means some pupils have barriers to attending more regularly that are not addressed consistently. The school should ensure its work to support families leads to more consistent attendance for pupils.

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