Grenoside Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Leaders are confident and committed to continuing to improve the school. Their self-evaluation is accurate and used well to inform their plans for improvement. Governors are keen to provide leaders with effective support and challenge to help the school to improve further.

Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make strong progress because of effective leadership. The provision for disadvantaged pupils is strong. Barriers to learning are swiftly identified and effective support is provided to ensure that these pupils make good progress.

The curriculum is broad and balanced. It is enriched by a wide range of visit...s and activities. However, the focus is sometimes on completing tasks rather than on deepening skills, knowledge and understanding.

The school's work to promote pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is highly effective. Teachers actively promote fundamental British values. There is a strong culture of safeguarding throughout the school.

Behaviour in lessons, around school and on the playground is good. Pupils are self-confident, caring individuals. This is a result of the school's carefully designed approach to promoting pupils' personal development and welfare.

Children get off to a good start in the early years foundation stage. They settle in quickly and make good progress in all areas of development. This progress could be increased by providing even more challenge when children are engaged in play.

Teachers know their pupils well and are keen to provide the right level of support and challenge for all. However, the level of challenge for some of the most able pupils is not as high as it could be. Staff have the confidence and expertise to teach phonics well.

They have developed activities which excite and motivate most pupils to learn to read and write quickly. The work the school has done to improve vocabulary, spelling and handwriting is beginning to have a positive impact on the quality of pupils' writing.

Information about this school

Grenoside Community Primary School is larger than the averaged-sized primary school.

Most pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils has increased over the last three years, but remains below the national average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is lower than the national average.

The headteacher has been appointed permanently since the last inspection, and a new deputy headteacher took up post in September 2017. The early years leader is working alongside the local authority to engage nursery providers in a project to improve transition across Sheffield. One teacher is working alongside Sheffield University to lead science professional development across the local area.