St Chad's Church of England Primary School

Overview: St Chad's Church of England Primary School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, with a focus on providing a safe, happy, and caring environment for pupils.

Strengths:

• Pupils describe the school as safe, happy, and caring, with a calm and purposeful environment.
• The school has high aspirations for pupils' academic achievement and provides support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Pupils learn to be resilient, respectful, responsible, and resourceful, with a focus on preparing them for life in modern Britain.
• The school's approach to teaching early reading enables pupils to become confident, fluent readers.
• The school has designed an ambitious curriculum that builds logically from Reception to Year 6, with staff having strong subject knowledge.

Areas to improve:

• In a small number of subjects, teachers do not accurately check that pupils understand what has been taught, leading to pupils embedding mistakes in their work.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.