Ofsted
Sherwood Primary School was inspected on 29th and 30th October 2024 and graded as Outstanding in all areas of the Ofsted Framework:
The quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding
Early years provision: Outstanding
All involved in the school community share a remarkable sense of common purpose to ensure that all pupils achieve highly. Governors and staff are a powerful partnership. The governing body carries out its work with impressive diligence. It understands the needs of the community that it serves exceptionally well. Governors ensure that staff benefit from all the support that they need to carry out their respective roles.
The school has an exceptionally well-designed and organised curriculum. As a result, teachers are clear about what they need to focus on with their classes. They are also
clear about the order in which learning needs to occur. Teachers skilfully adapt how they deliver the curriculum for individual pupils when this is needed. This ensures that all
pupils benefit from the right amount of challenge and support so that they achieve at a consistently high standard.
All teachers are expertly trained in identifying and addressing additional needs, including SEND. Pupils with SEND achieve extremely well due to the high-calibre support that they receive from staff. These pupils embrace the encouragement that they receive. They access the many aspects of the wider life of the school and relish taking a full part in it.
The support that the school provides for pupils’ personal development is exceptional and is strongly linked to the school’s values. For example, pupils benefit from the plethora of trips and other activities on offer to them that broaden their understanding of the wider world. They celebrate the richness of the diversity in their own and wider community.
Pupils express their own opinions confidently whilst respecting the views of others. These and other attributes prepare pupils extremely well for becoming an active citizen in later life.
Ofsted 2024
Previous inspection grade: Outstanding
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