St Chad's Catholic Primary School

Overview: St Chad's Catholic Primary School is a good school where many effective changes have taken place. Leaders have high expectations for all pupils, and these are now beginning to be realised. The school provides experiences for pupils in a carefully considered way, underpinned by the school's Catholic social teachings.

Strengths:

• Leaders provide experiences for pupils in a carefully considered way, underpinned by the school's Catholic social teachings.
• Pupils behave well when moving around school and remind each other about the school's expectations of behaviour.
• Pupils' physical and mental health are taken seriously by leaders, and pupils can discuss their worries and feelings with trusted adults.
• Leaders provide a highly nurturing environment for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who are disadvantaged.
• Pupils have an exceptional understanding of diversity and respect different characteristics that make people unique.

Areas to improve:

• Leaders do not always set clearly defined and specific targets for pupils with SEND that identify sufficiently well how teachers should support these pupils.
• Assessment systems in some foundation subjects have been implemented very recently, and leaders do not yet know how well these systems assess pupils' learning.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff being vigilant and knowing how to identify and raise safeguarding concerns quickly, and leaders following up any concerns promptly.