St Peter and St Paul Church Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 20 February 2024

This is an inclusive school where there is a positive sense of community between pupils and staff. The school's values of 'courage, wisdom, hope, respect and love' are embedded into school life. As one parent rightly described to inspectors, 'Staff are kind, caring and aim high for the children.' Pupils are safe and cared for well. Staff promote pupils' positive behaviour successfully. Pupils move around the school in a calm and orderly manner. They show respect for others. Pupils understand the school's expectations and take pride in reaching them. Breaktimes are energetic and fun, with lots of opportunities to run and play. Pupils embrace and celebrate difference. They are kind to one another. The school and pupils ensure that bullying is not tolerated. Pupils are proud advocates for the school. They enjoy taking on responsibilities as school counsellors and eco-leaders. Parents enthuse about the school and the journey of improvement. The school has created a culture of high expectations in which pupils' achievements are promoted and celebrated. It has markedly improved the curriculum and teaching so that pupils learn, remember, and can do more over time. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well.

What the school should improve

• Assessment in some subjects is not as effective as it could be. Consequently, checks on what pupils know and identification of gaps in their knowledge are not precise enough. The school needs to continue its work to develop and embed an approach to assessment that informs teaching, to ensure that work builds on what pupils already know.
• The curriculums for a small number of foundation subjects are new and are still in development. This means that they are not being implemented to the same high standards as other subjects and that pupils are not consistently learning as well as they could across the whole curriculum. Leaders should ensure that staff receive training that will give them the expert knowledge they need to implement the curriculum as intended and help pupils build knowledge over time.
• A small number of pupils struggle to meet the high standards of behaviour that the school expects of them. As a result, learning is occasionally disrupted. The school should ensure that ongoing extra help for those who need it is effective in supporting all pupils to achieve the highest possible standards of behaviour.

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