St Alban's Catholic Primary School

Overview: St Alban's Catholic Primary School is a highly effective school that consistently exceeds national averages in attainment and progress. Pupils achieve exceptionally well, with strong standards in reading, writing, and mathematics. The school's inclusive culture and strong leadership have created a safe and supportive environment where pupils thrive.

Strengths:

• Pupils achieve very well at this school, preparing them exceptionally well for their next stages of education.
• Attendance at the school is consistently above the national average for all groups of pupils.
• Behaviour across the school is exemplary and supports pupils to learn extremely well.
• Inclusion is at the heart of the school’s work, with leaders demonstrating unwavering determination to ensure that all pupils achieve well.
• Leaders have consistently high expectations for all pupils, and decisions across all aspects of the school’s work are sharply focused on pupils’ best interests.
• Pupils benefit from a rich, carefully planned range of opportunities that strongly support their personal development and wellbeing.

Areas to improve:

• Leaders should ensure that staff consistently check pupils’ number and letter formation with precision, particularly in the early stages of handwriting, and take prompt action to correct any errors.

Safeguarding: The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfilling their specific responsibilities and having established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.