Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Overview: Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a happy and caring place to learn, where pupils and staff have a strong sense of belonging. The school's values of love, respect, forgiveness, trust and service underpin how pupils behave towards each other and to staff. Pupils are proud of their school and respond positively to the high expectations staff promote.

Strengths:

• Pupils are proud of their school and respond positively to the high expectations staff promote.
• The school's values of love, respect, forgiveness, trust and service underpin how pupils behave towards each other and to staff.
• Pupils celebrate diversity and understand the importance of accepting others for who they are.
• The school provides many opportunities for pupils' wider personal development, including a comprehensive programme of opportunities for pupils to build their knowledge of how to stay safe and look after their well-being.
• The school has a strong safeguarding culture, with leaders making sure that all staff are kept up to date with the latest safeguarding training.

Areas to improve:

• In a small number of subjects, leaders are still finalising the key knowledge that they want pupils to learn, which leads to gaps in pupils' knowledge over time.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders having established a strong safeguarding culture and making sure that all staff are kept up to date with the latest safeguarding training.