A SCHOOL is already working on changing its approach after its recent grade from the education watchdog.

Latchingdon Church of England Primary School was rated as 'requires improvement' after its latest Ofsted inspection.

The school, in The Street, was described as “a welcoming, warm and happy place” with “inclusion a core thread that runs through everything that is done”.

But teachers’ expectations of pupils was described as “too low” which “hinders pupils’ progress through the curriculum”.

In order to improve, Ofsted inspectors Dave Gibson and Nicola Shadbolt said: “Leaders should ensure that all staff understand the long-term strategic vision for the school and its accompanying expectations.

“Some curriculum leaders do not set out specifically what pupils need to learn and when.

“This means that teachers do not know what to teach and when, to ensure pupils build their knowledge securely over time.

“They are also unable to identify and resolve pupils’ misconceptions and gaps in pupils’ knowledge quickly and efficiently.

“Leaders should ensure that the detail of what teachers need to teach is determined and shared with teachers.

“Staff do not consistently apply the school’s behaviour policy and system. This means that pupils do not fully understand what is expected of them and some misbehave.

“Some staff do not resolve this well, meaning pupils’ learning is disrupted. Leaders should ensure that all staff understand and use the processes and systems for managing behaviour.”

A new behaviour strategy has since been launched to improve this and school leaders believe the new approach has already seen results.

Headteacher Jenny Kemp said: “Our recent Ofsted inspection graded our personal development as ‘good’, early years provision as ‘good’ and safeguarding as ‘effective’. We are delighted with these outcomes as they reflect our caring Christian ethos.

“The judgements of ‘requires improvement’ for quality of education, behaviour and attitudes and leadership and management are based on the need to further develop our foundation subject curriculum and to continue improving our high expectations of behaviour across the school.

“We launched our new behaviour strategy the day after our inspection. We are confident as leaders of the school that over the past few weeks and since the inspection, the new approach has had an immediate impact.

“We are well underway to make all the improvements necessary and for the outcomes to be rapidly embedded.”