All Saints' CofE Primary School

Overview

All Saints’ C of E Primary School is described as a “nurturing and inclusive” environment where pupils thrive in a “family atmosphere.” The inspection found that leaders have implemented effective strategies for teaching phonics and mathematics, resulting in pupils who are confident in their reading and have a “strong grasp of calculations.” The school fosters high staff morale and strong relationships with parents, with leaders providing clear curriculum structures that support mixed-age classes.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “mutual respect and kindness,” embodying Christian values such as “respect, friendship, forgiveness, trust and perseverance.”
• Reading is “well organised,” with phonics starting in nursery and books “accurately matched to the sounds they learn.”
• Pupils have a “very positive attitude to mathematics” and learn to “reason and solve mathematical problems well.”
• Staff know pupils “as individuals,” ensuring those with special educational needs are “fully included in all aspects of school life.”
• Leaders provide a “range of experiences that extend beyond the classroom,” including music, art, and sporting clubs.

Areas to improve

• In some foundation subjects, pupils lack regular opportunities to “practise recalling and applying the knowledge and skills they have learned,” leading to variation in retention.
• Some pupils do not read a “wide range of stories, books and poems” and have not developed a “wider enjoyment of reading.”

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with the headteacher creating an “‘It could happen here’ culture” and staff being “quick to share and record their concerns.”