Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School

Overview

Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School continues to be a good school. Pupils love attending this ‘family-like’ school, where they are happy, feel safe, and behave with kindness and respect. The school maintains high ambitions for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, supported by a broad and balanced curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a warm environment, taking on responsibilities such as ‘bee and stick insect monitors’ and ‘safeguarding auditors’.
• Leaders ensure a ‘well-sequenced curriculum’ from the early years, with staff modelling high-quality learning and vocabulary.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities make ‘strong progress from their starting points’ through well-chosen adaptations.
• Staff deliver the phonics programme with ‘precision and accuracy’, and pupils generally show high levels of engagement in reading.
• Leaders use ‘precise checks’ in most subjects to identify gaps in understanding, allowing pupils to make good progress and link prior learning.

Areas to improve

• Ensure early readers are given books that match their phonics knowledge to develop fluency and confidence.
• Improve the precision of assessment checks in a small number of subjects, such as personal, social and health education, to address vague understanding of concepts like fundamental British values.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.