The Brow Community Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 8 June 2022

Pupils enjoy coming to this school. They are all made to feel part of The Brow community. Pupils know that staff care for them. As some pupils explained, 'We feel safe because our teachers look out for us.' Staff have high expectations of pupils' behaviour and achievement. Pupils work hard to live up to these expectations and they successfully learn the curriculum. They are thrilled to have their positive actions recognised with praise points, or to be named on the 'shout-out' board. Pupils are tolerant and respectful of one another. They enjoy strong relationships with their friends and with the adults in the school. Pupils said that bullying is very rare. They told inspectors that their teachers would deal with any incidents of bullying quickly, should they occur. Pupils attend a wealth of extra-curricular activities. They spoke with enthusiasm about the choir, blogging and ukulele clubs. Leaders ensure that all pupils benefit from a range of trips that help to widen their experiences. Recently, pupils have visited a local laboratory, a museum and a library. Older pupils take their leadership responsibilities seriously. They enjoy looking after and reading to their friends in the early years. School councillors explained that they get to make important decisions about school life.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of subjects, some teachers do not ensure that pupils understand and use subject-specific vocabulary as well as they could. This means that, on occasions, some pupils are less able to talk about their learning using the appropriate technical language. Leaders should ensure that all teachers enable pupils to understand and to use subject-specific vocabulary to deepen their learning of the curriculum.
• Leaders' assessment systems in a small number of subjects do not highlight exactly how well pupils are learning the intended curriculum. This hinders teachers from being able to identify those pupils who require further support. Leaders need to refine their assessment systems in these subjects to ensure that they can accurately identify exactly how well pupils are achieving. This will ensure that next steps can be more closely tailored to pupils' learning needs.

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