Sir John Offley CofE (VC) Primary School

Overview: Sir John Offley CofE (VC) Primary School is a good school where pupils thrive in a safe, happy and caring environment. The school's Christian values of love, aspiration and forgiveness permeate the school, and leaders have high expectations of pupils. Pupils behave well, are tolerant and respectful, and enjoy coming to school.

Strengths:

• The school's Christian values of love, aspiration and forgiveness permeate the school.
• Pupils behave well, are tolerant and respectful, and enjoy coming to school.
• Leaders develop pupils' talents and interests through a wide range of inclusive and unusual extra-curricular activities.
• Pupils learn to be responsible citizens through activities such as collecting and delivering harvest boxes to local residents.
• The curriculum teaches pupils how to be safe, and pupils learn about life in modern Britain through visits to different places of worship.

Areas to improve:

• In a minority of subjects, staff are not fully confident in how to adapt teaching, so that pupils build on what they already know.
• In some subjects, leaders have not had the opportunity to monitor how well the curriculum is being implemented, resulting in some variability in how subject curriculums are delivered.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Leaders ensure that pupils are kept safe, and staff receive appropriate safeguarding training.