Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary Academy

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 18 April 2023

Pupils, and children in the early years, feel happy and safe in school. They enjoy their lessons and they try their best. Leaders have high expectations of pupils and pupils strive to live up to these. Leaders have designed a curriculum which is suitably ambitious for pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils achieve well. Mostly, pupils behave well and they are polite and respectful to each other and adults. They move around the school sensibly. On the rare occasions when pupils make incorrect behaviour choices, staff use the behaviour policy appropriately. Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about how well staff support their children. Pupils said that their school is welcoming and they described it as a safe shelter. Leaders have suitable systems in place to ensure any incidents of bullying are dealt with effectively. Pupils enjoying taking part in charity fundraising events and they know the value of this work for others. They readily take on a range of responsibilities, such as being school councillors, house captains, reading buddies and eco-councillors.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, leaders have not finalised the most important subject-specific concepts that they want pupils to revisit over time. As a result, in these subjects, some pupils struggle to remember useful prior learning from previous years. Leaders should ensure that teachers are clear about the key concepts that will be most useful for pupils' subsequent learning.
• Some pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should. This has a negative impact on their progress through the curriculum. Leaders should continue to improve these pupils' rates of attendance and build successfully on the work they have already undertaken in this area.

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