Warfield Church of England Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 16 March 2022

Staff are ambitious for pupils to do well. Pupils respond positively to being encouraged to work hard. They like learning a range of subjects and try their best. Pupils especially enjoy and value reading. As one pupil commented, 'Books make us learn!'. There are positive relationships between pupils and staff. Pupils find staff easy to talk to about any worries, which helps them to feel safe. They relish the friendships they make. This reflects the school's aim for pupils to be 'friends on a learning journey'. They learn to include each other in games at playtime. This means that when pupils join the school, they feel warmly welcomed. Staff have high expectations for how pupils will behave. This helps pupils to develop the right attitudes to be ready to learn. They say that bullying does occasionally happen but almost all were confident that teachers deal with this well. A few pupils would like staff to deal with bullying behaviour more swiftly. Pupils talk with enthusiasm about different opportunities. They like representing the school at sporting events and taking on leadership roles, such as school councillors. Year 6 pupils enjoy a residential at Culmington Manor which involves an exciting night walk.

What the school should improve

• Curriculum thinking in some subjects other than mathematics and English is underdeveloped. Staff do not always build on pupils' previous learning. Leaders should ensure that in every subject, they have precisely identified the most important knowledge and skills they intend pupils to learn and remember from Nursery onwards. Leaders have already taken action to remedy this. For this reason, the transitional arrangements have been applied.
• Not all staff consistently check during lessons that pupils have learned the most important content. This means that learning time is sometimes wasted. Leaders should ensure that all teachers accurately check pupils' understanding of the key knowledge and skills and use this information to inform their teaching.

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