St Charles Borromeo Catholic Primary School, Weybridge

Overview

Pupils are described as “happy and highly motivated to learn,” thriving within a “positive and caring culture” where they “behave exceptionally well.” The report highlights that the school provides an “ambitious” curriculum and “exceptional” personal development, supported by strong leadership and effective safeguarding arrangements.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “excellent” behaviour, creating a “strong sense of belonging and togetherness” with older pupils actively supporting younger ones.
• Personal development is “exceptional,” with pupils gaining resilience and understanding through diverse experiences, such as visits to local places of worship and meetings with inspirational visitors.
• Leaders are “resolute” in ensuring pupils read fluently; staff deliver high-quality phonics training, resulting in pupils becoming “confident and competent readers.”
• The curriculum is well-sequenced to build on prior knowledge, with “high-quality support” enabling pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities to “thrive and join in with their peers.”

Areas to improve

• In a “small number of subjects,” subject leaders have not supported teachers sufficiently to understand how to deliver the intended curriculum, meaning pupils’ learning “does not build as well as it could over time.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” with staff well-trained to identify risks and systems in place to ensure pupils receive “timely and effective support.”