Christ The King Catholic Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 31 January 2024

Pupils arrive at school each morning looking forward to the day ahead. The cheerful greetings that they receive from caring staff at the start of each school day helps them to feel happy and ready to learn. The school motto permeates everything that pupils and staff do. Everyone is treated with respect and kindness. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make friends easily and care about each other. The school has high expectations for pupils' achievement. In lessons, pupils are eager to contribute to discussions. They talk about their work with excitement. Pupils try their best to live up to the high ambitions the school has for them. They behave well. Pupils work hard and achieve well across a range of subjects. Pupils are proud ambassadors of their school. They are thrilled to be trusted by staff with special helper roles, for example as happiness heroes, play leaders, prefects and by being members of the eco and school councils. Pupils strive to 'be kind, work hard and never give up'. They look forward to finding out who will be 'Star of the Week' in assemblies. Older pupils enjoy being role models and buddies for younger pupils in the school. Pupils relish the many opportunities that they experience as part of this vibrant school community. They enjoy a range of educational trips. For instance, they spoke about visiting castles, aquariums, farms and going on residential visits. Pupils also benefit from a range of extra-curricular activities such as fencing, computer coding, choir, brass band and chess. These experiences help them to develop their interests and talents. They also build their resilience and self-esteem.

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, the school has not clearly identified the most important subject- specific concepts that they want pupils to learn and revisit over time. This means that some pupils' learning of these concepts is not as secure as it should be. The school should ensure that teachers are clear about which key concepts to teach in these subjects and when to revisit them, so that pupils secure deepen their learning over time.
• In a small number of subjects, the school has not had the opportunity to measure the impact of recent changes to subject curriculums on pupils' learning. This means that the school does not know if these changes have helped pupils to enhance their learning in these subjects. The school should make sure that it checks how well these subjects are being implemented. This is so that they can be assured that pupils know more and remember more over time in these subjects

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