Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 13 June 2023

Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School is a warm, caring and nurturing school. Pupils enjoy attending and feel safe in the care of staff. The school is at the centre of the community. The youngest children get off to a strong start. They learn routines quickly and benefit from positive interactions with staff. Pupils across the school behave well in lessons and around school. They show that they are 'ready, respectful and safe'. Pupils confidently share their thoughts and points of view, but also listen to others. They embrace and value everyone, irrespective of their differences. Pupils, parents and staff say that bullying is rare. They know that if bullying did occur, staff would deal with it effectively. Leaders and staff share high ambitions for every pupil. They form caring and supportive relationships with them. Reading is strongly prioritised, recognising that this is pivotal to pupils' future success. Pupils are motivated to try hard and succeed. They enjoy their learning, work hard and achieve well. They are rightly proud of their achievements. Parents and carers are overwhelmingly supportive of the school. They appreciate that staff see children as unique individuals.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of foundation subjects, leaders have not yet identified, with enough precision, the component knowledge they want pupils to learn and remember. Nor have they carefully enough identified the order in which this knowledge will be taught. As a result, pupils do not always gain the small steps of sequential knowledge they need to in these subjects. Leaders should ensure that they continue to develop sequences of planned learning that identify component knowledge with greater precision so that pupils learn equally well in all subjects.

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