St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 21 March 2023

At St Peter's, children learn and grow in a happy, secure and nurturing environment. Parents enthuse about how inclusive the school is and value how it welcomes and celebrates children from all faiths and backgrounds. Pupils love coming to school, delight in their learning, and they achieve well. They told inspectors that it is easy to make friends here. Asked if there was anything that could make their school even better, one Year 6 pupil replied, 'The only thing would be if the classrooms were bigger, then even more children could benefit from being here!' Passionate and inspiring senior leadership underpins the shared ambition and high

What the school should improve

• In some foundation subjects, leaders are still honing their curriculum plans so that knowledge is taught in a more coherent sequence. As a result, pupils do not always gain the depth and range of knowledge that they could. Subject leaders should continue with this work so that pupils achieve consistently in line with senior leaders' high ambitions.
• Some teachers are less confident to adapt their teaching in some areas of the curriculum to meet the needs of all pupils effectively. Consequently, the pace of learning can slow down, or occasionally a minority of pupils can go off task. Leaders need to ensure that all teachers know how to skilfully support all pupils, including those with SEND, in line with the best examples in school.

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