Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School

Overview

Pupils are “proud to attend” this school, feeling “safe” within a “warm and welcoming community” where they “enjoy learning.” The report highlights an “ambitious and knowledge-rich curriculum” that supports high achievement, particularly in early years and reading. Staff maintain “high expectations” for behaviour, resulting in pupils who are “extremely well mannered and polite” and demonstrate “exemplary attitudes to learning.”

Strengths

• Pupils display “excellent behaviour and conduct,” showing respect for others and engaging positively in charitable activities and current affairs.
• Staff “nurture and celebrate pupils’ talents exceptionally well,” offering a “phenomenal range of rich experiences” including music, sports, and international visits.
• Reading is a clear priority; staff immerse children in a “language-rich environment” and ensure most pupils learn to read with “accuracy, confidence and fluency.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are “fully included” and receive “timely support” through close collaboration with parents and external professionals.
• Governors “successfully challenge and support school leaders,” while staff value the “ongoing support and training” provided.

Areas to improve

• Some leaders do not check “in sufficient depth” how well the curriculum is implemented, leaving uncertainty about whether teachers are delivering all important content.
• In a minority of subjects, assessment systems fail to provide teachers with enough information to detect and address “misconceptions which go undetected.”

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are “effective,” with leaders establishing a “strong culture of safeguarding” and “robust systems” to record and monitor concerns.