Hamble Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this school?

The values of kindness and respect lie at the heart of this truly inclusive school.

Leaders want all pupils to achieve their very best. They provide disadvantaged pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), every opportunity to succeed. Leaders ensure that families of pupils eligible for pupil premium know exactly what additional opportunities are available to their children.

Pupils' personal development is exemplary. Leaders ensure that pupils learn to live in a modern British society by promoting the importance of equalities and individuals' rights. Pupils' behaviour and attitudes are very strong.

Pupils are calm and c...ourteous throughout the day. They engage in their learning, working well both individually and with each other, including in the early years. These high standards of behaviour continue at playtimes, around the school and in assemblies.

The school provides many rich experiences, both within the curriculum and outside normal school hours. Outdoor learning is a real asset and gives all pupils many opportunities to build independence and broaden their experiences. For example, all pupils in Year 5 have the opportunity to have taster sessions in sailing.

This promotes pupils' appreciation of their local area and the opportunities available to them.

What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?

Leaders are ambitious to ensure that all pupils achieve their best in all areas. The achievement of all pupils, but especially those with SEND, is carefully monitored to decide what the next steps in learning need to be.

Leaders prioritise reading and say that pupils 'will access a whole new world if they can access reading'. Pupils love getting into a good book, which might be one they are reading or having read to them. Staff have expert phonics knowledge and deliver phonics sessions with precision.

All pupils have books that they can read. Some pupils find learning the early reading skills difficult. Leaders provide these pupils with additional opportunities to develop their reading skills.

However, leaders recognise that these pupils would benefit from even more reading opportunities.

Children receive an excellent start to their school life in the early years. Staff aim to meet all pupils' needs and put no limits on the children's achievements.

Children collaborate exceptionally well, are independent and tackle tasks with concentration and focus. For example, a small group of children role-played being in a classroom while in the outside area. The child in the role of 'teacher' organised the events of the day on the whiteboard with labels, then taught addition to two other children, who listened impeccably well.

Leaders ensure that every subject has a well-sequenced curriculum, including key knowledge, skills and vocabulary. Staff have strong subject knowledge and lessons build on pupils' previous learning. In mathematics, pupils practise and develop their knowledge and skills daily.

Teachers are alert to pick up on any misunderstandings in calculation quickly. In history, pupils make links between different eras through such concepts as 'invasion' and can explain the reliability of different pieces of evidence. In physical education (PE), teachers ensure that pupils are developing all the time.

For example, in the early years, teachers encourage children to lift their knees to enable better running styles. However, in a very few areas of the curriculum, leaders are not checking the quality of provision effectively to ensure that pupils are achieving the very best that they could. For example, some science investigations in upper key stage 2 do not clearly focus on the key scientific knowledge that leaders want pupils to learn.

The behaviour and attitudes of pupils are a real strength of the school. Leaders expect pupils to demonstrate the school's values throughout the day. Staff positively reward pupils when they do.

Some pupils need significant support for their behaviour. Leaders have a thorough understanding of the needs of pupils who struggle to always meet the high behaviour expectations, supporting them very effectively.

All school leaders have the pupils' welfare and personal development at the very heart of what they do.

They want all pupils to feel nurtured but to also be independent. Pupils develop a mature understanding of the world around them and how they can help both themselves and others in life. Pupils' learning of equality and diversity is exceptional, with some pupils raising awareness as 'equality and rights advocates'.

Pupils understand the protected characteristics and treat everyone the same, no matter their background or family circumstance.

Governors ensure that there is a clear and consistent vision for the school. They understand their roles and responsibilities and carry these out highly efficiently.

All leaders create a genuine sense of collaborative working across the school. Leaders provide high-quality training for staff. This enables the quality of provision to never sit still as leaders aim to always improve provision further.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Leaders have embedded a strong safeguarding culture. All staff and governors receive thorough training to understand their role in keeping children safe.

They put this into action and all staff know exactly what to do if there is a concern. Leaders keep thorough records. They work closely with external agencies to ensure that pupils and their families get the help they need.

Pupils know to report any worries to their trusted adults. They learn how to stay safe online and how to tackle cyberbullying. Pupils also learn the importance of consent before posting a photograph of someone else online.

What does the school need to do to improve?

(Information for the school and appropriate authority)

• In some areas of the curriculum, pupils receive provision that is inconsistent with that outlined by leaders. As a result, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could in these areas. Leaders need to ensure all middle leaders have the skills and capacity to monitor their areas of responsibility effectively to enable all pupils, including those with SEND or who are disadvantaged, to achieve their very best.

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