Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Overview: Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a good school where pupils are proud to attend and have a strong sense of moral purpose. Pupils' behaviour and attitudes to learning are exceptional, and they have a thirst for learning from Reception onwards. The school's Christian values underpin daily life, and pupils know that everyone should be respected and treated equally.

Strengths:

• Pupils are proud to attend this inclusive school with a strong sense of moral purpose.
• Pupils' behaviour and attitudes to learning are exceptional, with a thirst for learning from Reception onwards.
• The school's Christian values underpin daily life, and pupils know that everyone should be respected and treated equally.
• Pupils have a compassionate understanding of support for vulnerable pupils.
• There is a wide range of enrichment opportunities and extra-curricular clubs for pupils.

Areas to improve:

• In a few subjects, the knowledge leaders want pupils to learn is not clear enough, making it difficult for leaders to be sure that pupils learn knowledge that helps them to build on what they already know.
• Leaders have begun work to identify a school-wide approach to teaching, which needs further refinement because teachers implement some subject curriculums with variability.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with everyone working vigilantly to ensure that pupils are safe. Leaders make sure staff know the signs of abuse and how to record and report concerns, and staff use these systems effectively, which means leaders can act on them in a timely way.