Toynton All Saints Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 24 September 2024

Pupils enjoy attending this warm and welcoming school. They form strong, trusting relationships with one another and staff. The school's six 'R' values, including respect, resourcefulness, resilience and reflection, are evident in pupils' actions and behaviour. The school has high expectations of pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils live up to these expectations. They are eager to learn. Pupils achieve well in some subjects. They become fluent readers and learn to solve complex mathematical problems. The quality of education has improved since the time of the previous inspection. However, pupils do not yet consistently benefit from curriculums and teaching which help them consistently to learn the important knowledge they will need in each subject. The school provides a range of wider opportunities for pupils. Pupils talk enthusiastically about taking part in sporting competitions and joining the choir. They contribute to the life of the school by taking up leadership roles, including in the school council and the eco council. Playtime leaders support their peers and ensure that everyone has a friend to turn to.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, the school has not identified the most important knowledge that pupils need precisely enough. This makes it difficult for teachers to design lessons and activities which will enable pupils to consistently build their knowledge. The school should ensure that the precise knowledge that pupils should learn in relation to each aspect of the curriculum has been identified so that teachers can design lessons focused on helping pupils to learn and remember that important knowledge.
• In the foundation subjects, teachers' checks on pupils' learning over time have only recently been introduced. Therefore, teachers have not yet been able to determine what pupils already know and what they need to learn next. The school should ensure that teachers have the right skills and systems to use their checks to inform adaptations to the curriculum and how they teach it so that pupils know and remember more in these subjects.
• In some subjects, curriculums have been recently developed to increase levels of ambition. In these subjects, changes have not yet had time to have the intended impact on pupils' knowledge. The school should continue to embed the new curriculums so that they have a positive impact on pupils' learning.

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