St Anne's Catholic Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 18 October 2022

Pupils and children enjoy their time at school. The cheerful greetings that pupils receive each morning from caring staff, and the pupils who act as attendance ambassadors, make them feel at ease and ready to learn from the off. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), get on well together. Pupils who have joined the school recently valued the warm welcome that they received. Pupils make friends easily. Pupils understand leaders' high expectations and they make every effort to reach them. Pupils, including children in the early years, are well mannered and polite. They enjoy learning and they work hard in their lessons. Pupils appreciate the clubs that they can attend and are keen to take on a range of responsibilities. They know that they can use their voices to make a positive difference. Pupils told inspectors that they would not stand by if someone else was being treated unkindly. Pupils are confident that should they report any concerns, including about bullying, staff would act quickly to resolve the situation. This helps them to feel safe. Through their involvement in regular 'Big Democracy' activities, all pupils have opportunities to make suggestions for improvements to their school. For instance, pupils' ideas about playtimes have recently been incorporated into the school behaviour policy.

What the school should improve

• Leaders have not ensured that some pupils at the early stages of learning to read have sufficient opportunities to practise their reading. At times, this delays their reading fluency and accuracy. Leaders should ensure that these pupils practise reading regularly enough to enable them to become proficient and confident as early as possible.
• In a few subjects, specific aspects of curriculums are not implemented sufficiently well by teachers. This hinders pupils' achievement these subjects. Leaders should ensure that subject leaders are supported to strengthen teachers' subject knowledge in these subjects. This will help pupils to develop their understanding of these aspects of subjects more fully and achieve well.

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