Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 July 2024

Pupils feel extremely well cared for at this school. Those who shared their views with inspectors explained how well their teachers are attuned to their emotions and their needs. This helps pupils to feel happy, safe and secure at school. Pupils get along well with one another. The school deals with any fallings-out that occur from time to time effectively. The school is ambitious for what pupils should learn. This includes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Many pupils achieve well across much of the curriculum. Pupils take on various responsibilities at school. These include working as school councillors, subject ambassadors and buddies who support younger pupils. Pupils contribute to the wider community. For example, they pick litter at the nearby beach. Pupils attend other local events and celebrations. They also enjoy singing to different audiences as part of the school choir. Pupils access many extra-curricular clubs. These include a wide range of sporting clubs, some creative clubs such as art and singing, and a 'little zoo' club where pupils learn about, and interact with, small animals. Through their music lessons, pupils learn how to play a musical instrument, such as the ukulele.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of subjects, including in the early years, the school has not broken down and ordered the subject content that pupils should learn as clearly as it could. This sometimes prevents pupils from developing a secure body of knowledge in these subjects. The school should better define the components of knowledge that it wants pupils to learn and the order in which it should be taught so that pupils progress as well in these curriculums as in other subjects.
• Some pupils' knowledge of fundamental British values and the differences between people is not as secure as it should be. This limits their understanding of the similarities and differences between people. The school should ensure that pupils develop a secure knowledge of the multi-cultural world and the British values so that they are fully prepared for life in modern Britain.

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