St Thomas More RC Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 20 February 2024

Pupils are proud to attend St Thomas More RC Primary School. This is a welcoming and inclusive school. Pupils celebrate the kind and caring attitudes pupils and staff have towards each other. Pupils feel safe. The care they receive from staff is key to the warm relationships shared across the school community. There is a strong sense of belonging here shared by pupils, staff and leaders. Leaders are tenacious in supporting pupils and their families. Leaders and staff have high expectations and ambitions for all pupils here. The curriculum matches these aims. The aims and ambitions are also shared by those responsible for governance. Pupils rise to the expectations set by leaders. Pupils can articulate how they are building their knowledge and skills over time. School values, such as respect and justice, are woven into school life. Pupils understand how these values have a positive impact on their development and their learning. Pupils have risen to new behaviour expectations. Pupils learn in calm and focused classrooms. Leaders prioritise the wider development of pupils. Opportunities to experience life in Britain and develop skills linked to citizenship are well planned. Visits to London and the Houses of Parliament help pupils understand life in modern Britain. Pupils enjoy and value these opportunities.

What the school should improve

• The pupils at the earliest stages of reading have books which do not enable them to read with increasing fluency. When pupils read, they lack fluency and automaticity and this prevents them from establishing a love of reading from the earliest opportunity. The school must ensure that when pupils practise their reading they are given books that support them to become fluent readers.

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