St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

Overview: St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is a good school where pupils are proud of their school community, and staff listen to their views. Pupils are polite, respectful, and understanding of the needs of others, and they strive to meet the school's high expectations of learning and behaviour.

Strengths:

• Pupils are confident, proficient, and engaged readers from an early age.
• The school has ensured that a systematic approach to the teaching of early reading is in place.
• Teachers have had well-targeted training which is helping them to deliver the planned curriculum confidently and effectively.
• Pupils attain well in English and mathematics.
• The school has a secure overview of how the curriculum connects and builds, right from the start in early years.
• Pupils develop strong links to their community through well-planned enrichment opportunities, trips, and visits.

Areas to improve:

• In some foundation subjects, teachers do not systematically check what pupils know and remember, making it hard to identify gaps and to match learning to pupils' needs.
• Occasionally, the behaviour policy is not implemented consistently by staff when pupils' behaviour falls below the school's high expectations.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.