St Andrew's C of E Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 23 April 2025

Pupils are happy and feel safe at this friendly, caring school. The school's values, including resilience and responsibility, are part of pupils' daily life. For example, pupils take on various roles of responsibility from early years onwards. These include class monitors, school council members, worship ambassadors and safeguarding leaders. In each of these roles, pupils show their empathy while making their valuable contributions to the school. Pupils have positive relationships with each other and staff. Learning is very rarely disrupted. Pupils know that staff will deal with any incidents if they occur. Pupils understand the school's high expectations of their work and behaviour. Pupils are rising to meet these expectations and achieve increasingly well in most subjects. The school is inclusive and skilful in supporting pupils' individual needs. This enables pupils to learn and achieve together successfully. The school provides opportunities for younger children to develop their confidence and explore nature through outdoor learning and play. Older pupils play an active role in supporting and helping younger children. Pupils visit the local library, perform as a choir and work with a local charity that supports those in need.

What the school should improve

• The curriculum in some subjects is not fully developed. On occasion, in these subjects, the activities teachers provide do not support pupils to learn important subject content effectively. The school should ensure that the curriculum for all subjects supports teachers to provide learning opportunities to help pupils to learn consistently well, particularly in their oral and written explanations.

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