St Mary's Catholic Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 7 November 2023

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a beacon of aspiration in the community. The school's ethos of love underpins everything it does. Consequently, pupils are taught in a loving and caring atmosphere and show these values of love and consideration for others. Pupils have consistently positive attitudes towards their learning. They are polite and respectful learners. Pupils participate in lessons with enthusiasm. Pupils' behaviour is exemplary. There are clear and high expectations of behaviour in place. Pupils know, understand and abide by the school's behaviour routines. The school provides an extensive extra-curricular offer for pupils. There is a strong take-up by pupils for clubs, such as those for gardening, reading, computing and football. Every pupil at St Mary's has a leadership role when they are in key stage 2. They carry out roles as sports leaders, attendance ambassadors and house captains. These leaders listen, support each other and have a voice to effect change in their school. The school purposefully plans 33 stimulating events linked to the curriculum that pupils experience during their time at St Mary's. For example, in Year 1, pupils learn about the Great Fire of London and in Year 2, they visit York and use their knowledge to explain how fire spreads in narrow streets. These educational visits enable pupils to apply their learned knowledge in a new context. Leaders carefully balance academic rigour with rich life experiences.

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