William Read Primary Academy

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 23 April 2025

William Read is a friendly and welcoming place. Pupils arrive each morning eager to learn. Staff have positive relationships with pupils. They greet pupils with warm smiles and settle them quickly into learning. Well-established rules help pupils to behave as the school expects. Pupils feel safe. They trust adults to help and look after them. Pupils are kind and caring and look after each other. Pupils have roles and responsibilities that they look forward to such as school council and play leaders. They know these roles help their school to be a happy and harmonious place. Pupils look forward to the fun activities that the staff prepare. Staff have high expectations for pupils to achieve. Pupils learn a well-balanced curriculum and, as a result, achieve well. Pupils are enthusiastic about sharing what they have learned. Pupils enjoy outdoor learning in the forest school, choir, football and representing their school at a range of events and competitions. The range of extra-curricular activities available to pupils is vast. This helps to nurture pupils' confidence, aspiration and teamwork outside the classroom.

What the school should improve

• In some areas of the curriculum, key knowledge has not been identified. As a result, some pupils do not develop a secure understanding of important knowledge including vocabulary. The school needs to ensure that key knowledge is clearly defined in the curriculum so that teachers know the most important content that pupils must learn.

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