Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

Overview:

Pupils enjoy learning and playing at this nurturing school, where adults and pupils make sure everyone feels welcome, respected and valued. The school expects all pupils to work hard and achieve well, with most pupils, including those who are disadvantaged and those with SEND, achieving well in most subjects.

Strengths:

• Pupils enjoy learning and playing at this nurturing school.
• Adults and pupils make sure that everyone feels welcome, respected and valued.
• Pupils who arrive from other countries quickly feel safe, make friends and play a full part in the life of the school.
• Pupils live out the school’s values, including those of respect and kindness, and help each other and behave well.
• The school provides pupils with very strong opportunities for personal development, including embracing difference and learning to put themselves in the shoes of those less fortunate than themselves.

Areas to improve:

• A minority of teaching staff do not consistently use the school’s agreed approaches to the implementation of the phonics programme, including agreed terminology, which contributes to some pupils becoming confused and taking longer than they should to increase and use their phonics knowledge.
• Too many pupils are too frequently absent from school, missing important learning and opportunities for personal development.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.