The Butterwick Pinchbeck's Endowed CofE Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 2 June 2026

Pupils are well known, cared for and valued at Butterwick. They say that they are happy to be part of the school community. Many pupils shared comments, such as ‘You feel part of a team,' and 'We all work well together.'  They have a sense of belonging. At the start of each school day, pupils are welcomed into a calm, inclusive and friendly environment, where they feel safe. Pupils rise to the high expectations of behaviour. They behave well. Pupils are friendly and well mannered. Staff build supportive, trusting relationships with pupils and their families. This creates a culture of respect, where pupils are confident that they can share any worries they may have with staff. They know that staff care for them and will listen to them. Pupils show collaboration and work well together. They value what their peers have to say. Pupils enjoy learning and say that their teachers help them. Pupils work with focus and follow teacher instructions well. In some subjects, such as in art, pupils talk about their learning confidently. The older pupils support the younger ones through their leadership roles. For example, the mental health warriors say that they feel proud to help other pupils when they are sad. Pupils report that incidents of bullying are rare. Pupils live out the values of love, hope and forgiveness. Pupils enjoy enrichment activities, including after-school clubs, trips and residential visits. Pupils understand the importance of attending regularly. Most pupils attend well, or their attendance is improving. Children achieve well in the early years. They quickly become independent and articulate learners. They follow well-established routines and cooperate enthusiastically to learn new things. Disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities get the pastoral support that they need to learn successfully alongside peers.

What the school should improve

• Leaders should continue their work to review the curriculum to ensure that the knowledge and skills pupils should learn are clearly identified in all subjects to support pupils to achieve well across the curriculum.
• Leaders should ensure that all staff implement consistently and effectively the new approaches to the teaching of writing, with a particular focus on developing handwriting and transcription skills.
• Leaders should ensure that teachers use their knowledge of pupils’ barriers to learning, including those of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and assessment information to assist them to adapt the curriculum and teaching appropriately, to enable all pupils to build successfully on what they know.
• Leaders should further strengthen their work to improve attendance with a particular focus on disadvantaged pupils, to ensure that all pupils come to school as often as possible.
• Leaders should ensure that pupils understand how the school’s values that they follow in their behaviour and conduct link with fundamental British values.

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