Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 25 April 2023

Pupils are very happy at this nurturing school. Adopting the Olympic and Paralympic values as the school's own, leaders expect all pupils to 'learn like champions' and 'achieve more than they ever thought possible'. Pupils respond positively to these high expectations. They thoroughly enjoy learning and working hard and most, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well. Pupils also rise to staff's high expectations of behaviour. They treat adults and peers with courtesy and respect. Leaders do not tolerate bullying. They deal with incidents of unkind behaviour immediately and help pupils to understand how their actions affect others. Pupils said that staff make sure that they are safe in the school. They know whom they should talk to in school if they are worried about themselves or any of their classmates. Leaders provide well for pupils' wider development. Staff make sure that pupils take part in cultural and artistic activities beyond the classroom. Pupils benefit from learning to play a range of musical instruments and from taking part in rarer sports such as orienteering and dodgeball. They understand the importance of helping others and protecting the planet. They learn to take on responsibility, for example by being eco-councillors, library monitors and reading buddies.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, pupils struggle to remember what they have learned previously. As a result, sometimes, teachers cannot build on prior learning without teaching essential content again. Leaders should ensure that, in all subjects, teachers develop effective strategies to help pupils to retain essential knowledge over time so that they can use it to enhance new learning and achieve well.
• Some pupils lack knowledge of the wide range of faiths and cultures represented in modern Britain. Leaders should make sure that teachers in all year groups consistently implement these aspects of the SMSC policy and PSHE programme so that all pupils gain a greater awareness of the lives of people who are different from themselves.

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