Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 6 January 2026

Pupils are proud to belong to their school. They form positive and nurturing relationships with staff and with their classmates. Pupils know that staff will support them if they have any worries or concerns. Staff check how pupils are feeling at the start of each day. This helps pupils to feel settled and safe in school. Children in the early years make an assured and happy start to their early education. Pupils benefit from the school's improved, ambitious and broad curriculum. They express a keenness to learn new things, and they know that this will help them in their future endeavours. Leaders have high aspirations for pupils' achievement. Pupils develop their fluency in reading and apply their phonics knowledge well to read unfamiliar words. Leaders have made positive changes to help pupils to learn well. However, some of these improvements are not consistently embedded across the school. Over time, pupils do not achieve as well as they should. Some have gaps in their knowledge across a range of subjects. Others also experience less success in developing their written work. Leaders have improved systems to identify and act on any barriers to learning that pupils may face. This helps staff to reduce these barriers, so that pupils can learn increasingly well alongside their peers. Staff enable pupils who are disadvantaged, and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to access the curriculum and wider experiences available in the school. Pupils enjoy seeing their friends in school each day. They attend regularly. Pupils behave well and treat each other with kindness. Bullying is rare. Staff deal with any incidents quickly and effectively. Pupils understand why the school's values, including working hard and being respectful, are important to follow in school and beyond. Pupils increase their confidence and develop a sense of responsibility, for example by acting as buddies to support the younger pupils. Pupils enjoy a range of experiences, including visits to museums and music concerts. These opportunities help pupils to develop their understanding of the world around them.

What the school should improve

• Leaders should monitor and evaluate the impact of recent actions to raise attainment, particularly in mathematics, so that the achievement of pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, improves.
• Leaders should ensure that teachers routinely identify and address errors in pupils' spelling, punctuation and grammar, and handwriting so that pupils write accurately and legibly over time.
• Leaders should support staff to carefully select and sequence learning activities that help pupils to know and remember more in subjects beyond English and mathematics.

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