St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle

Overview: St Bede's Catholic Primary School is a good school that provides a welcoming and inclusive environment for pupils and families. The school supports pupils well, so that most meet the high expectations set by the school, and pupils typically achieve well in most subjects.

Strengths:

• Pupils feel safe and happy, and trust staff to help them with their problems.
• The school supports pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) well, so that they achieve well in most subjects.
• Pupils learn to read confidently and fluently as they progress through the school, including those with SEND.
• The school provides opportunities for pupils to develop positive character traits through charity work and leadership opportunities.

Areas to improve:

• In mathematics, pupils do not have sufficient opportunity to apply their knowledge of mathematics through reasoning and problem solving.
• In some foundation subjects, the school is unclear how well pupils remember important knowledge and vocabulary over time.
• Some pupils' SEND support plans lack precise detail, and the school should ensure that the revised support plans are sufficiently detailed and implemented effectively for all pupils with SEND.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.