Streatham Wells Primary

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this school?

This is a joyful and inspirational place. Pupils say it is an amazing school. Parents and carers are equally complimentary of the school's work.

Strong, nurturing working relationships underpin the happy, community feel. All pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve excellent outcomes at this school.

The trust is ambitious for all pupils.

The broad and balanced curriculum ensures that pupils know more and remember more. They build strong conceptual understanding across subjects. This prepares pupils in very good stead as they move on to secondary school.

Expectations for pupils' behaviour are equally h...igh. Children are encouraged from the early years to be polite and independent. Pupils hold doors and interact with adults very politely.

Older pupils explain that they are taught to be mature and independent. For instance, they learn to sort out any minor disagreements themselves calmly.

Pupils feel very safe at school because they know that staff look out for them.

There is a high level of trust and respect among the school community. Pupils talk animatedly about all that the school has to offer, such as the winning sports teams and the exciting residential trips.

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

The school has planned a comprehensive, ambitious curriculum.

Leaders' curricular thinking ensures that pupils' learning builds incrementally over time. There is a strong focus on supporting pupils to think critically about what they learn. This means pupils, through discussion and debate, develop strong knowledge and understanding across subjects.

For example, in geography, pupils talked with confidence about the lines of longitude and latitude and how these relate to climate.

Teachers know their pupils well. This enables them to address any misconceptions in pupils' learning.

Staff are knowledgeable about how to meet the needs of pupils with SEND and do this highly effectively. This ensures that all pupils succeed across the curriculum, and they achieve exceptionally well.

Reading is a high priority.

The school is committed to ensuring that every pupil becomes an accomplished reader from the start. Staff make sure that pupils experience a range of genres, authors and styles during their time at school. Staff praise the excellent training that enables them to deliver the phonics programme with skill, expertise and fidelity.

Assessment in phonics is accurate. As such, books that pupils read are well matched to the sounds they know. Any pupils in danger of falling behind are quickly helped to catch up.

There are many initiatives to encourage a love of reading. Leaders listen to pupils' views on books and source a variety of books that successfully inspire more reluctant readers.Pupils have extremely positive attitudes to learning.

They listen carefully to their classmates' contributions in lessons. They are adept at challenging or building on others' ideas, even those that differ from their own. Attendance is high because leaders have clear systems to make sure pupils come to school regularly.

From early years onwards, pupils are taught to be independent.

The school's offer for personal development is exceptional. Through a rich and varied religious education, pupils learn about the different faiths that make up modern Britain and beyond.

They get to visit a broad range of places of worship, including on a local faith trail. There are ample opportunities for pupils to learn about physical and emotional well-being. For example, pupils learn about consent and how to be a good friend.

Pupils have a highly developed understanding of the importance of a healthy lifestyle. They grew their own food and sold it at Borough Market to emphasise solutions to the cost-of-living crisis. The school council has instituted 'planet friendly Mondays' to help the environment.

The school offers many leadership roles and responsibilities for pupils. Leaders ensure that pupils' talents are nurtured. The offer for music and performing arts is strong.

Pupils have gone on to act professionally and to get bursaries to secondary schools specialising in music, as well as perform at The O2.

Leaders provide staff with regular training, which staff highly value. Staff said that the trust gives them fantastic support to move on in their careers.

Staff are effusive in their praise of how leaders support their well-being. They say it is a very happy place to work and like a big family.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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