Marshfield Primary

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this school?

Marshfield school is an inspirational place, where pupils love to learn.

The broad, exciting curriculum engages and motivates them to work hard and try their best. This is reflected in the high quality of pupils' work across the curriculum. Pupils achieve highly.

They thrive because of the many wider opportunities that they receive. Attending the school's theatre group helps pupils to grow in confidence. Clubs such as rock climbing and badminton encourage pupils to stay active.

Residential visits to Whitby and Paris broaden pupils' horizons and world views beyond Bradford.

Pupils are encouraged into positions of leadership. They value the opportuniti...es they get to contribute to their school.

For example, 'Connect' advisors resolve their friends' worries and sports leaders help pupils to play harmoniously together. Through this work, pupils learn the importance of citizenship. By voting for school councillors and their choice of after school clubs, pupils see democracy in action.

Marshfield's anti-discrimination pledge ensures pupils' understanding of protected characteristics is well understood.

Pupils are happy and rightly proud of their school. Exceptionally strong relationships exist between pupils and staff.

Pupils feel cared for and protected. The school's core values of ambition, respect and resilience are realised through the positive and committed attitudes pupils have towards their learning.

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

Marshfield is a hub of ambition and creativity.

The school has created an exciting, innovative curriculum that expands pupils' knowledge and language. Leaders ensure that all staff have the skills they need to teach effectively. Teachers' subject knowledge is strong.

They present information to pupils clearly. Opportunities to revisit and reflect on previous learning helps all pupils, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), remember what they have been taught.

Teachers make regular checks on pupils' learning and use this information to plan what to teach next.

In the early years, staff use assessments well to identify children who may need extra help. Staff work with these children to support them as they play. By modelling high-quality language and letter sounds, staff quickly remove barriers to pupils' learning and accelerate their progression through the curriculum.

Reading is a high priority. A love of reading spreads through the school. The vibrant and well-stocked library is regularly used by pupils.

Older pupils read widely and often. They enjoy the moments when their teacher reads to them. Carefully chosen texts promote pupils' understanding of important themes, such as equality issues.

Pupils who are learning to read benefit from high-quality phonics teaching. Regular checks on the sounds pupils have been taught identify any pupils who fall behind. These pupils are quickly given the help they need to catch up.

Children in the Nursery enjoy a curriculum that is rich in songs and rhymes. Staff role play and retell familiar tales to foster children's love of stories from the very start.

The school accurately identifies the needs of pupils with SEND.

Carefully considered adjustments are made to the curriculum so that it is accessible for all. The school closely checks the support it provides for these pupils. Consequently, the help pupils with SEND receive is impactful and they achieve highly.

The school has taken effective action to improve pupils' attendance and reduce persistent absenteeism. Attendance information is scrutinised regularly and discussed with teachers as part of pupil progress conversations. Pupils' attendance is seen as everyone's responsibility.

The school has consulted with pupils on the attendance rewards it offers. This motivates them to attend.

Through a rich personal, social and health education curriculum, pupils understand the importance of maintaining their physical and mental health.

This starts in the early years with visits from the dentist. As pupils get older, yoga classes teach them how to relax and mindfulness strategies help them to be calm and mentally well. Pupils who may be anxious or in need of support benefit from targeted support from the school's learning mentor.

Pupils' understanding of online safety is advanced. For example, pupils have a secure understanding of the reputational damage that could be caused by posting images on social media.

Older pupils have an age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships.

They describe key values of kindness, tolerance and respect as the strong foundations for successful friendships. The school's relationships and sex education and health education curriculum teach pupils about the different families that exist in modern Britain today. Pupils are tolerant and deeply respectful.

Leaders are tenacious in their oversight of the school's work to ensure that their high expectations are maintained. Regular visits by the trust ensures that the board of trustees have an accurate picture of the school's performance. Staff are consulted on any changes that are made.

They are unanimously proud to work at the school. The school's ambitious vision of 'excellence for all' is fully realised.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.