St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth

Overview: St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, with a small school that has a big heart, where pupils and staff enact the code of conduct and work collaboratively every day. The school's high expectations for pupils' achievements are largely met and often exceeded, with pupils making strong progress against their individual starting points.

Strengths:

• The school's high expectations for pupils' achievements are largely met and often exceeded.
• Pupils learn well, especially in the core subjects of English and mathematics.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) learn alongside their peers.
• The school has strengthened its curriculum since the last inspection, with a clear sequence of learning in each subject.
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and use modelling to support pupils' learning.
• The school provides a range of extra-curricular activities and enrichment experiences for pupils, nurturing and celebrating their talents beyond the classroom.

Areas to improve:

• The school and trust's processes for checking how well the curriculum is working are not as effective as they could be, sometimes not spotting weaknesses in the implementation or adaptation of the curriculum.
• Occasionally, staff do not implement the curriculum effectively for all pupils, including those with SEND, through weaker modelling and activities that are not well matched to curriculum aims or not adapted to meet individual pupils' needs.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.