St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Stockton

Overview: St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Stockton continues to be a good school. Pupils thrive here, nurtured and supported by a dedicated staff team. They relish responsibilities and behave exceptionally well most of the time.

Strengths:

• Pupils are nurtured and supported by a dedicated staff team.
• Pupils relish responsibilities, such as the 'reading squad' which raises the profile of reading across the school with enthusiasm.
• Playtimes and lunchtimes are fun-filled, with activities well supervised by staff.
• Pupils benefit from a rich and extensive personal development curriculum, including the 'enrichment passport' which tracks pupils' cultural experiences.

Areas to improve:

• In the early years, the quality of activities planned for continuous provision vary between different areas of learning, especially those relating to understanding the world.
• Aspects of the mathematics curriculum relating to reasoning are not fully embedded and not taught with the same rigour as that of mathematical fluency.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.