St Clare's Primary School

Overview

St Clare’s Primary School is described as a “vibrant learning community” where leadership is “highly strategic and collaborative.” The report confirms that the school has made significant progress since previous inspections, with “no further follow-up inspection required.”

Strengths

• Leadership is praised for being “highly strategic and collaborative,” with governors who are “proactive, well informed, and well equipped.”
• Provision for children with special educational needs is a “key strength,” underpinned by a “robust” multi-disciplinary team.
• Support for newcomer children is of an “exceptional standard,” featuring “research-informed” language acquisition approaches.
• Staff create a nurturing environment where children feel “safe, secure and valued,” with positive feedback from parents and pupils.
• Effective interventions, such as adaptive reading programmes and ‘Talk Boost’, have improved literacy and communication skills.

Areas to improve

• Middle leaders must “monitor and evaluate the full impact of the new approaches on the numeracy standards attained by the children.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “arrangements for child protection align to the current statutory guidance.”