A school where pupils are ‘not achieving as well as they should’ in some subjects has been ordered to improve by the education watchdog. Stansfield Hall Primary School, in Littleborough, has been rated as ‘good’ for close to 10 years - most recently retaining the accolade in 2017.
But it has been told it now ‘requires improvement’ following a recent Ofsted inspection. A new report notes that children are happy at the Todmorden Road school, and teachers’ ambitions for them to ‘achieve well’ is borne out in mathematics and early reading.
This includes those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). But inspectors say ‘not enough thought’ has been given to the curriculum in other subjects - and leaders have not ensured children in the early years receive a suitable education.
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“As a result, children and pupils are not achieving as well as they should in some subjects beyond reading, writing and mathematics,” the report states. “At times, the curriculum does not match the ambition of the national curriculum. Pupils’ achievement across these subjects is not good enough."
It continues: “In the absence of clear information about what pupils should learn and when this should happen, teachers are ill-equipped to design learning, and effective assessment strategies that enable pupils to build their knowledge over time.”
