Swiss Gardens Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 16 May 2023

There is an exceptionally strong sense of community between the pupils, staff, parents and carers at Swiss Gardens Primary school. Staff know their pupils well, and pupils readily rise to meet the high expectations that staff have of them. Behaviour is exceptionally calm and settled, including during social times, where pupils play happily together. Pupils move purposefully between lessons as they are keen to get going with their learning. They see behaviour as a shared responsibility, supporting one another to do the right thing. They embody the 'FREE' school values of friendship, respect, excellence and enjoyment. This is a highly inclusive school. Pupils talk confidently about why it is important that everyone is valued and can offer their own contributions to making their school better. They value the range of opportunities they have to contribute to their school community, such as being eco, sports and kindness ambassadors. Pupils feel safe in this school and bullying is rare. Pupils know how to report any concerns or worries that they have, and all can name staff they are confident to speak to if they need to, which is indicative of the warm and supportive relationships they have with staff.

What the school should improve

• Leaders have not yet identified precisely enough the small steps of component knowledge in the recently developed foundation curriculum. This means that in some lessons, activity choices are not always precisely matched to the intended learning, and teachers' assessment of what pupils have learned is not as precise as it could be. Leaders need to ensure that the specific elements of knowledge have been agreed in the foundation subjects, as is the case for mathematics and early reading. This will enable teachers to plan effective activities and assess what pupils have understood to support all pupils in achieving well.

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