Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

Overview

Holy Trinity Church of England First School continues to be a good school, where the vision of creating ‘inquisitive thinkers, challenge seekers and kind hearts’ is embedded throughout the community. Pupils are happy, proud of their work, and benefit from warm, caring relationships with staff that help them feel safe. The school maintains high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring an inclusive approach from the early years.

Strengths

• Children in early years make a ‘prompt start’ to phonics learning, supported by consistent teaching and recent staff training.
• The mathematics curriculum has a ‘clear structure’ that helps pupils build numerical understanding and articulate how their learning becomes more challenging.
• Staff use carefully chosen resources and ‘small steps’ to support progress across the curriculum, including computing and art.
• Pupils develop leadership skills and active citizenship through roles such as ‘digital leaders’, the school council, and community events like the ‘mini police’.
• Governors contribute well to the school’s vision, providing challenge to leaders and working with stakeholders to ensure a high-quality education.

Areas to improve

• Ensure books accessed by pupils at the early stages of reading are consistently matched to the phonics sounds they know to build fluency and automaticity.
• Ensure the sequence of lessons in some curriculum areas is carefully sequenced and fully aligned to the intent, so pupils benefit from well-ordered learning.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.