Ofsted

Ofsted carried out a two day inspection on the 26th and 27th March 2024.

Overall the school was graded as ‘Requires Improvement’.

The Quality of Education:       Requires Improvement
Behaviour and Attitudes:       Good
Personal development:           Good
Leadership & Management:  Requires Improvement
Early Years Provision:              Good

  Highlights of the Ofsted report are as follows:

• Pupils are warm and caring at this welcoming school
• Pupils show positive attitudes to learning and respond well to staff.
• Pupils have ample opportunities to develop a range of sills and talents.
• The school ensures that pupils have a broad and balanced curriculum.
• Children in Reception build their knowledge of mathematics and reading well and are well prepared for their next steps in education.
• The school’s well designed library is an inspirational space and helps pupils to foster a love of reading.
• Pupils show high levels of courtesy and consideration to each other.
• Leaders have worked hard to improve the school in a short period of time.
• Governors have made a range of changes to their monitoring procedures, and this is helping them to become better informed.

What does the school need to do to improve?

• Leaders must ensure that all staff have the training and knowledge to teach phonics well.
• Leaders must ensure that staff have stronger subject knowledge to consistently create activities that deepen pupils’ learning.
• The school’s curriculum is not designed well enough in a number of subjects.
• Leaders must ensure that assessment is used systematically to identify and act on pupils’ gaps in knowledge.

Please click on the link below to read the full report.

 St Matthew’s High Brooms CofE VC Primary