St Bede's Catholic Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 15 October 2024

Pupils flourish in the nurturing and supportive environment at this school. They behave extremely well. Pupils enjoy positive and respectful relationships with adults and each other. Pupils understand and live by the school's '5 Promises' of respect, perseverance, care, honesty and faith. Pupils are polite and well mannered. In lessons, pupils try their best and are proud of the work they do. They share their work confidently with visitors. Children in the early years settle well. They enjoy exploring the natural resources in their classroom and outdoors. Pupils feel safe. They know that staff will quickly deal with incidents of unkindness. The school has a welcoming and inclusive culture. Pupils are accepting and tolerant of others. Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve well by the end of key stage 2. Pupils learn how to stay healthy. They enjoy taking part in sports clubs. Some pupils enjoy the 'Young Voices' club. They then take part in a national choir event. Pupils attend a residential in Year 6. Members of the pupil parliament visited London. This enabled them to recreate a true reflection of the UK's Parliament in school. Older pupils support younger pupils by becoming play leaders. They are excellent role models.

What the school should improve

• Assessment for pupils with SEND is not yet fully developed. It is unclear how well pupils with SEND achieve currently. Leaders need to ensure that staff can measure clear progress for SEND pupils against small-step, SMART targets.
• In some subjects where the curriculum has very recently been changed, some key skills and concepts have not yet been made clear for teachers. Leaders should ensure that teachers have the knowledge they need to teach all areas of the curriculum as effectively as in the well-established areas of the curriculum.

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