St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Overview: St Anne's Catholic Primary School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, with pupils cared for and loved in a supportive environment where they feel safe and happy.

Strengths:

• Pupils are warmly met by friendly staff and have trusted adults to talk to.
• Relationships across the school are strong, and pupils show kindness to others and have exceptional manners.
• Pupils enjoy their lessons and achieve well, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Pupils excel through the wider opportunities available to them, including responsibilities such as safeguarding champions and eco-councillors.

Areas to improve:

• The school does not provide pupils with sufficient opportunities to build their writing skills as they progress through the school, resulting in fewer pupils reaching the expected standards in writing by the time they leave Year 6.
• In some subjects, the school has not identified the most important knowledge in the curriculum, preventing pupils from building on prior learning and developing a deep understanding of subject-specific content and concepts.
• The school, including governors, does not have sufficient insight into the implementation and impact of the curriculum in some subjects, hampering them from identifying strengths and areas to develop in the curriculum.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.