St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 20 February 2024

The school's religious character is at the heart of the curriculum. The dedicated staff team unites behind the new headteacher's vision. They are committed to serving each pupil's individual learning needs. Pupils are consistently kind and courteous, showing respect to one another, to staff and visitors. This helps everyone feel happy and safe in school. The school recently introduced a new behaviour policy that sets out clearly the consequences of pupils' behaviour choices. Pupils demonstrate self-control and positive attitudes to their education. Each pupil has a bookmark reminding them of rewards and sanctions. This helps to motivate all pupils to behave well and take responsibility for their actions. The school has designed an ambitious curriculum. This is fully implemented in English and mathematics. Pupils achieve very well in both subjects. The school is continuing to develop the curriculum to ensure that pupils achieve as highly in every other curriculum subject. Pupils feel safe. They have a sound understanding of risk. They can confidently talk about how they stay safe when using the internet and computer programmes.

What the school should improve

• Some subject leaders have taken on additional responsibilities, becoming subject leaders in more than one subject area. As a result, some curriculum plans are at more of an advanced stage than others. The school should ensure that new subject leaders have the time and support to further develop and improve their new areas of responsibility.

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