Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport

Overview:

Pupils are happy at Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Maryport, and know that staff care for them. The school has high expectations for pupils’ achievement and celebrates their successes. Pupils enjoy a range of activities and have opportunities to learn and develop their skills.

Strengths:

• Pupils are happy and know that staff care for them.
• The school has high expectations for pupils’ achievement.
• Pupils achieve well, including those who are disadvantaged and those with SEND.
• The school provides well for pupils’ personal development, including teaching them how to be safe outside of school and how to be responsible citizens.
• Staff enjoy working at the school and are supported to fulfil their roles well.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, particularly where curriculums have been more recently established, staff have not had the time to fully address any shortfalls in pupils’ prior learning.
• The school’s approach to supporting the accuracy of pupils’ writing has not been as focused as it could be, with some pupils making regular mistakes in their written work.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.