Enderby Danemill Primary School

Inspection of Enderby Danemill Primary School Mill Lane, Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire LE19 4LH

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years provision Good Previous inspection grade Good

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Overall effectiveness Good

The headteacher of this school is Laura Hackett. This school is part of Discovery Schools Academies Trust, which means other people in the trust also have responsibility for running the school. The trust is run by the chief executive officer, Paul Stone, and overseen by a board of trustees, chaired by Richard Bettsworth. 17 and 18 April 2024

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What is it like to attend this school?

Enderby Danemill Primary School is a happy place to be. Pupils enjoy coming to this caring and friendly school. They appreciate their helpful teachers. Pupils relish taking on responsibilities as school councillors and well-being ambassadors. They typically say they feel proud to ‘make their school an even better place’.

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What is it like to attend this school?

Pupils behave well and follow the ‘Danemill Way’. Pupils are proud to receive praise for being ready, respectful and resilient . If they find this difficult, they get extra help. Pupils say that bullying is rare. They appreciate that staff are quick to help them to resolve problems. Pupils say they feel safe and listened to.

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What is it like to attend this school?

The school aims to put its motto of ‘only the best is good enough’ into practice. Pupils study a wide range of interesting topics and books that enthuse them to learn new and ambitious vocabulary. They practise their arithmetic so they can solve problems accurately in mathematics. They learn from their mistakes. The school makes sure pupils have many valuable experiences, including in sports and music, to help pupils discover and nurture their talents.

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better?

The school has an ambitious vision for every child to receive the best possible education. There have been several staff changes during the past year. Everything possible has been done to bring this new enthusiastic team together quickly and move forward from this time of transition.

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better?

The school has made many recent changes. This has included refining some wider curriculum plans. Some of this work is still to be completed. The school is providing training and support to new curriculum and phase leaders. This work is having a positive impact on pupils’ learning and remembering more over time. However, it is not consistently embedded across all subjects.

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better?

Reading is always a priority at Danemill. There is a rigorous and consistent approach to teaching pupils to read. Pupils begin to learn to read as soon as they join in the Reception Year. Children in the pre-school class develop important listening and sound discrimination skills to be ready for Reception. The school ensures that carefully selected books are used as part of the curriculum. The school has focused on ensuring that pupils become confident readers who can study texts in detail. They are shown how to use evidence from what they read carefully to support and deepen their understanding. Adults read frequently to and with pupils. Pupils enjoy using the well-stocked library and are developing a love of reading.

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The school has further refined the mathematics curriculum to give clear guidance for teachers to teach pupils systematically how to investigate and deepen their learning. Pupils say they are feeling more confident to take on harder challenges this year. 17 and 18 April 2024

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The school ensures that pupils learn increasingly sophisticated vocabulary across all subjects. As a result, pupils’ confidence to explain their understanding increases as they move through the school.

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Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are fully included in the life of the school . The school has improved its checks on the gaps in knowledge that pupils with SEND may have. The school puts in place strong pastoral support to help pupils be ready to learn and is quick to put in place additional support for learning when needed. Sometimes the support is not precise enough to ensure that pupils improve their independence and fluency as quickly as they could.

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Children settle well in the pre-school and Reception classes. This is because the school makes strong links with children and their families. Children enjoy the engaging activities and clear routines that are getting them ready for Year 1 and beyond.

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Adults work as a team to provide a calm and purposeful environment . Pupils’ attitudes to their learning are positive. Their learning is rarely disrupted. Pupils enjoy their time in school and most attend regularly. When this is not the case, the school takes robust steps to improve attendance.

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The school prioritises pupils’ mental health and physical well-being. Pupils learn about different beliefs and family structures. Pupils have an age-appropriate understanding of relationships. Pupils care about the world around them, both locally and beyond. They are well prepared for life in modern Britain. Parents appreciate the approachability of school staff. The vast majority feel confident their children are safe and happy.

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Staff are proud to work at Enderby Danemill Primary. They say that they feel fairly treated as part of this supportive team. Staff appreciate that leaders have been mindful of their well-being, particularly during many recent changes. Staff value the range of training provided and the opportunity to grow and develop their roles in the school and within the trust.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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(Information for the school and appropriate authority)

 Many subject leaders are new to their role. The school has a clear and ambitious vision for providing high-quality education. In some subjects, this is not yet embedded. The school should ensure that teachers receive the support they need to embed this fully across all subjects so that pupils from across the school, including in the early years, achieve as well as they can.  Some pupils with SEND do not always receive the precise adaptations and support they need to access learning consistently well in all subjects. This does 17 and 18 April 2024

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not help them to make as much progress as they could. The school should ensure that pupils who need additional support receive the precise support they need to become increasingly fluent and independent learners.

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How can I feed back my views?

or to find out what other parents and carers think. We use information from Ofsted Parent View when deciding which schools to inspect, when to inspect them and as part of their inspection.

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How can I feed back my views?

The Department for Education has further guidance on how to complain about a school.

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Further information

You can search for published performance information about the school.

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Further information

In the report, ‘disadvantaged pupils’ is used to mean pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND); pupils who meet the definition of children in need of help and protection ; pupils receiving statutory local authority support from a social worker; and pupils who otherwise meet the criteria used for deciding the school’s pupil premium funding (this includes pupils claiming free school meals at any point in the last six years, looked after children (children in local authority care) and/or children who left care through adoption or another formal route). 17 and 18 April 2024

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School details

Date of previous inspection 25 October 2018

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Information about this school

 The headteacher was appointed in September 2023. The deputy headteacher was appointed as substantive postholder in November 2023. There have been many changes to teaching staff in the past 12 months. Many leaders are new to leadership or the subject they are leading.  The school has been part of the Discover Schools Academies Trust since 1 November 2013.  The school does not use any alternative provision.  There is before- and after-school childcare that is managed by the school.

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Information about this inspection

The inspectors carried out this graded inspection under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.

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Information about this inspection

 Inspections are a point-in-time judgement about the quality of a school’s education provision. 17 and 18 April 2024

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 This was the first routine inspection the school received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Inspectors discussed the impact of the pandemic with the school and have taken that into account in their evaluation of the school.  Inspectors met with the headteacher, the deputy headteacher and other leaders, including the curriculum leaders, the school’s coordinator for the provision for pupils with SEND and the leader of the early years provision.  The lead inspector met with a representative of the chief executive officer of the trust and the trust safeguarding lead. She also met with two members of the local governing body (advisory board), including the chair.  Inspectors carried out deep dives in reading, mathematics, science and history. For each deep dive, inspectors held discussions about the curriculum with subject leaders, visited a sample of lessons, spoke to teachers, spoke with some pupils

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about their learning and looked at samples of pupils’ work. The lead inspector listened to a sample of pupils from Years 1, 2 and 3 read to a familiar adult.  The inspectors also looked at the curriculum and samples of pupils’ work in computing, music, physical education and writing.  To evaluate the effectiveness of safeguarding, the inspectors reviewed the single central record; took account of the views of leaders, staff and pupils; and considered the extent to which the school has created an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils’ interests first.  The inspectors observed pupils’ behaviour in lessons and around the school site during social times. They spoke with several groups of pupils, both formally and informally, including some with leadership roles.  The inspectors considered responses to Ofsted Parent View, including free-text comments. The inspectors met with groups of staff and pupils and considered

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responses to Ofsted’s staff survey. There were no responses to Ofsted’s pupil survey.

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Inspection team

Mandy Wilding, lead inspector Ofsted Inspector

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Inspection team

Shaheen Hussain His Majesty’s Inspector 17 and 18 April 2024

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