Caring pupils at improving North Pickenham school
PUPILS treat each other like brothers and sisters at diverse St Andrew’s Primary School at North Pickenham.
Ofsted inspectors who visited the 62-pupil school in May said they found a very high proportion of pupils had special educational needs or disabilities and a significant group of pupils came from traveller communities.
The inspection also followed significant changes in the school. “Since the previous inspection, there has been a 75 per cent change in teaching staff and a 70 per cent change in membership of the governing body,” said the report.
The school was graded satisfactory with good capacity for improvement. New governors had made a good start.
Attainment remained low but the report said standards were improving strongly. Many strengths were noted including good leadership and management. More rigorous checking of progress had helped accelerate learning. “Strengths in care, support and guidance contribute to pupils’ enjoyment of school and good behaviour in lessons. Learning is very rarely disrupted,” said the report.
Pupils were friendly and polite and the lead inspector said: “One boy told me: ‘We treat each other like brothers and sisters.’”
Children had a mature approach to diversity in the school. “They have a strong sense of justice and oppose discriminatory attitudes,” said the report.
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