St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 28 January 2025

'Let your light shine' permeates every aspect of this warm and welcoming school. Pupils describe it as a place where everyone gets along well. They understand how the school's values help them to be friendly and to try new things. The school expects pupils to achieve their very best. Pupils rise to these expectations. They take pride in their work and achieve well in national curriculum tests. Pupils' behaviour is exemplary. This starts in the early years, where children take turns and show increasing levels of independence when completing tasks. Across the school, pupils are extremely polite and well-mannered, showing high levels of respect to adults and one another. Pupils feel safe. Relationships between adults and pupils are positive. Pupils understand that staff are there to help them. They know that trusted adults will listen and support them with any concerns they place in their 'worry boxes'. Pupils enjoy the activities on offer to them such as multi-sports club and visits to the lifeboat station. They undertake a range of responsibilities, such as school councillors, house captains and members of the eco-committee. Pupils say these roles make them feel proud and help them to improve their school.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, checks on what pupils have learned are not as effective as they could be. Consequently, some pupils struggle to remember key knowledge or make links to what they have learned before. The trust should ensure that all staff check pupils' understanding and retention of key knowledge so that pupils can apply it to future learning.

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