Lingdale Primary is a happy and welcoming school. Pupils are kind and respectful to one another. The school has a particularly supportive, caring and nurturing ethos. This helps pupils to develop positive attitudes towards each other. Pupils are keen learners. They enjoy their lessons and wider activities. However, the quality of education is not good enough. Pupils do not have the chance to achieve as well as they should across the curriculum. This is because leaders have not thought carefully enough about how to plan learning in some subjects. Some teachers do not check precisely what gaps there are in pupils’ knowledge and understanding. Pupils say they feel safe in school and that staff care about their well-being and welfare. The school motto of ‘be safe, be ready, be respectful’ teaches pupils how to keep themselves safe. Behaviour is managed very well, creating a calm and orderly atmosphere in school. Pupils know who to talk to if they have any concerns and trust staff to help them. Pupils told inspectors that bullying does not happen. There are positive relationships between staff and pupils. Staff know their pupils very well and are aspirational for their futures. Pupils are proud of their roles on the school council ‘working together to be the best we can be’. Pupils also enjoy the wide variety of after-school clubs they take part in such as sports and drama.