BISHOP CHILDS C/W PRIMARY

Overview

Bishop Childs C.I.W. Primary School is described as a “calm and nurturing community” where most pupils display “positive attitudes towards learning.” The report highlights that teachers have a “good understanding of pupils’ needs,” resulting in most pupils making “good progress” and achieving “good standards” in literacy and numeracy. Leadership is characterised by a “strong commitment to developing the school” and high expectations for staff and pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils make “good progress from their starting points” and achieve well in literacy, numeracy, and Welsh language skills.
• “Nearly all pupils feel safe in school” and have “positive attitudes towards their learning,” contributing purposefully to lessons.
• The quality of teaching is “usually good,” with staff using effective strategies to engage pupils and monitor progress closely.
• Strong working relationships exist between pupils, teachers, and teaching assistants, fostering a “positive atmosphere for learning.”
• The school provides “valuable additional support” to pupils with additional learning needs, enhancing their wellbeing and achievement.

Areas to improve

• Improve pupils’ ICT skills, particularly in key stage 2, as current provision does not support learning across the curriculum effectively enough.
• Provide further opportunities for foundation phase pupils to develop skills through “purposeful play inside and outside the classroom.”
• Ensure self-evaluation processes and development planning “focus clearly on improving outcomes for pupils.”

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s arrangements for safeguarding pupils “meet requirements and give no cause for concern.”