St Athanasius' Primary School

Overview

Inspectors found that the headteacher and leadership team demonstrate "highly-effective leadership," creating an environment where children are "included and enthusiastic about their learning." The report highlights that staff commitment to professional learning has a "very positive impact" on teaching, while children in the nursery are making "very good progress" in written communication.

Strengths

• Leadership is described as "highly-effective," fostering an inclusive environment where children are "proud of their school."
• Children are "well-behaved and welcoming," taking on important leadership roles within the school community.
• Staff dedication to professional learning ensures children are "motivated to learn and engage very well" with experiences.
• Nursery practitioners provide opportunities for early writing, resulting in "very good progress" in written communication skills.

Areas to improve

• Nursery staff should "continue to identify and extend children’s next steps in learning" and refine how they record progress.
• Senior leaders must support teachers to "analyse and respond to information from assessments" to raise attainment in literacy and numeracy.

Safeguarding

The report evaluates "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" as "very good" for both the primary school and the nursery class.