Loretto RC Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children are “kind, friendly, articulate and polite” and enthusiastic to learn. Staff create “welcoming, nurturing learning environments” that support positive relationships and wellbeing effectively.

Strengths

• Children are “enthusiastic to learn” and show respect towards each other and adults.
• The headteacher and staff work well together to create “welcoming, nurturing learning environments”.
• Senior leaders and staff support children’s wellbeing outcomes “effectively”.
• Children benefit from a “range of activities and experiences” that help them develop skills for learning, life, and work.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should develop approaches to “evaluate the quality of the work” with a focus on ensuring “consistently high-quality learning experiences”.
• Staff should improve approaches to “assessing, planning and tracking children’s learning” to make more accurate evaluations of progress.
• Leaders and staff should continue to “raise attainment in literacy and numeracy” to ensure all children make the best possible progress.

Safeguarding

The report states that senior leaders and staff “support children’s wellbeing outcomes effectively” and that the quality indicator for “Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion” is evaluated as “good”.