Crockerne Church of England Primary School

Overview: Crockerne Church of England Primary School is a good school where pupils enjoy being part of the 'Crockerne community' and feel safe. The school has improved rapidly since recent changes in leadership, with leaders identifying and acting on the school's strengths and weaknesses. Pupils demonstrate the school's values of independence, perseverance, reflection, empathy and collaboration.

Strengths:

• Pupils enjoy being part of the 'Crockerne community' and feel safe.
• Leaders have prioritised the most urgent issues, such as clarifying what pupils should learn in each subject.
• Pupils quickly learn to read due to the effective teaching of early reading.
• Staff encourage pupils to develop a love of reading and of books.
• The school has a strong Christian ethos, with pupils demonstrating the school's values.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, teaching does not check effectively what pupils can already do, and does not help pupils to extend their thinking.
• Leaders do not ensure that the curriculum deepens pupils' knowledge of faiths and cultures other than Christianity.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders having very good knowledge of safeguarding and maintaining well-developed systems to keep pupils safe.