Sidbury C of E Primary School remains 'good', Ofsted finds

Sidbury Church of England Primary School remains 'good', according to Ofsted's latest inspection in February.

The education watchdog has a four-tier rating system: inadequate, requires improvement, good, and outstanding. 

The school has been 'good' since 2012.

'A happy place'

Ofsted described the school as "a happy place" of which pupils are "proud".

Pupils are polite and kind, attend regularly and on time, and "value their school's links with the church".

They also attend extra-curricular clubs regularly, such as archery, singing and sewing.

Bullying is reportedly rare.

The education watchdog said leaders ensure reading is the school's top priority, and pupils learn how to read as soon as they start school.

Staff "teach a well-sequenced, ambitious curriculum" and pupils therefore become fluent readers quickly.

Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) reportedly "thrive", and leaders identify pupils' needs swiftly and provide "precise support".

The arrangements for safeguarding are "effective".

Recommended improvements

Ofsted said that in some subjects, staff do not check or use what they know about pupils' prior learning carefully enough.

This means that some pupils do not build successfully on what they already know.

It added that staff "do not always insist that pupils take pride in the quality of their work", which leads to pupils making careless errors which "impede their future learning".

Click here to read the Ofsted report.