St Andrew's CofE Junior School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 11 November 2025

The school is a happy and safe place to learn. Pupils are proud to be part of the school and they attend well. They live out the school's vision and values to 'develop compassion, responsibility and resilience in a caring environment'. Pupils understand and demonstrate the importance of respect and good behaviour. Pupils agree that staff are quick to sort out any worries they have or deal with problems that may arise. Pupils thrive because staff are kind and caring. Leaders and staff are ambitious for all pupils to achieve their potential, regardless of their personal circumstances or barriers to learning. The school's well-established 'MACAWS' programme is an important factor in supporting pupils' well-being, and their social and emotional needs. Pupils proudly tend the beautiful 'MACAWS' playground garden. They enjoy spending time in this quiet, calming area of school. Pupils enthusiastically take on roles and responsibilities that enhance the life of the school and promote their wider personal development. Pupils enjoy their learning and generally try hard in lessons. Their achievement in reading, writing and mathematics has been inconsistent over time. Recently, achievement in most areas has improved as a result of leaders' work to raise standards. This work has been particularly successful in improving pupils' reading. However, some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, still do not achieve as well as they should in writing and in some aspects of mathematics.

What the school should improve

• Leaders need to continue their work to improve pupils' achievement, particularly in writing, and build on the improvements already made.
• Leaders need to ensure that the well-designed curriculum is taught consistently well in all subjects and year groups, so that pupils secure the knowledge and skills they need for their next steps.
• Leaders need to ensure that all pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive effective support to access a suitable curriculum, dependent on their specific needs, so that these pupils can be successful.
• The governing body should make sure that it has an accurate view of the school's strengths and those areas that need to improve so that it can enhance the support and challenge that it provides to leaders.

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