Wembury Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 31 March 2026

Wembury Primary School sits in the heart of the village. Pupils enjoy coming to school and attend well. They are proud of their school and form close and supportive relationships with their friends. Pupils are safe and feel safe. They know that if they have any concerns adults will support them to resolve these. Staff build positive relationships with pupils, parents and carers. They develop detailed knowledge of pupils and use this well to identify any barriers to education that pupils may face. Staff draw on their expertise to provide pupils with the right support to remove these in a timely way. Pupils enjoy learning and typically achieve well. This means that most pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their education. Pupils talk positively about their time in school. During breaktimes, pupils play calmly with their friends. In lessons, pupils’ behaviour generally reflects the high aspirations of school leaders. They exemplify this when they stand up in class to present their answer to the teacher. This supports pupils to develop their confidence and public speaking skills. Incidents of bullying are rare. When they do occur, staff are swift to support all those who are involved to ensure incidents do not happen again. Pupils enjoy the opportunity to participate in clubs such as cross-country running, football and athletics. Music lessons and performances in concerts also support pupils to develop their talents and skills. Pupils engage in charity events, through which they support communities beyond their own. Older pupils are proud of their leadership responsibilities, such as prefects and as librarians. They know that they are important role models for the younger children.

What the school should improve

• Leaders should ensure that the newly introduced approaches to spelling and handwriting, including letter formation, are consistently embedded across all subjects. They should make suitable checks to be assured that these changes are having the intended impact.
• Leaders should ensure that staff use appropriate checks on pupils' learning to inform and adapt subsequent teaching consistently well, so that pupils achieve highly across all subjects.
• Leaders should ensure that staff consistently apply the school's approach to behaviour management in order to support pupils to reach the school's behaviour expectations.
• Leaders should further tailor the personal development programme so that all pupils have access to, and participate in, a wide range of high-quality experiences beyond the taught curriculum.

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