The Quinta Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 16 May 2023

Pupils enjoy coming to this school. They are confident that if they have any worries, there are adults in school who would help them. If bullying happens, leaders and staff deal with it quickly. This helps pupils to feel happy and safe. Pupils value the recognition they get from leaders and staff for working hard. They know that staff expect pupils to be 'Ready, Respectful and Safe'. They are keen to be recognised for going 'above and beyond' or to receive the 'Quinta star' award. Leaders and staff are ambitious for every pupil, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils achieve well in a range of subjects. Pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs on offer. These include drama, chess, choir and sewing. They are proud to represent the school at events linked to competitive sports, music and drama, such as the local opera. They enjoy their trips and visits, especially their residential experiences to London and Conwy. Many pupils contribute to school life by taking on additional leadership responsibilities. For example, older pupils run the school shop and lead daily broadcasts for the school radio. They relish their roles as buddies to younger pupils in school and as school councillors and sports crew leaders.

What the school should improve

• The curriculums in a few subjects are not fully developed. Leaders have not ensured that these curriculums are coherently planned and sequenced. As a result, pupils do not build up their knowledge equally well across all aspects of these subjects. Leaders should ensure that subject leaders receive the support and training they need to further develop and refine these curriculums from the early years to Year 6.
• In a small number of cases, leaders have not ensured that adaptations for some pupils with SEND are as effective or well matched to pupils' needs as they could be. This means that a small number of pupils with SEND do not get the exact support they need to achieve as well as they could. Leaders should ensure that all staff are well trained to provide the support that each pupil with SEND needs so that they learn all that they should.
• A small number of younger pupils who find reading difficult are not provided with reading books that are matched precisely enough to their phonics knowledge. As a result, their fluency in reading and understanding of texts is not as secure as it could be. Leaders should ensure that they enable these pupils to develop their reading fluency more securely by providing them with reading books that more closely match their phonics knowledge.

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