St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School

Overview: St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School is a calm, happy, and welcoming learning community where pupils work hard and do well. The school's values and mission statement are seen through all aspects of school life, and leaders have high expectations of what pupils can achieve.

Strengths:

• The school is a calm, happy, and welcoming learning community.
• Pupils work hard and do well, with high expectations from leaders.
• The behaviour of pupils is a strength, with staff and leaders addressing poor behaviour quickly.
• Pupils feel safe at school and know they can speak to staff if they have any worries.
• The curriculum is carefully matched to children's needs and interests in the early years.
• Teachers provide engaging activities, and children quickly become focused, engaged learners.
• Adults in the early years skilfully develop children's speaking and listening skills.
• Pupils enjoy the stories and books they hear, and most become fluent, independent readers early on in key stage 2.
• Leaders and staff ensure that all pupils access the full curriculum on offer.
• The school provides a variety of opportunities and experiences for pupils, including prayer leaders, school councillors, and charitable work.

Areas to improve:

• Sometimes, teachers give pupils work that requires an understanding of concepts they have not been taught or do not remember.
• Leaders do not make sufficient checks to assure themselves that the intended curriculum is implemented consistently well in a small number of subjects.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders training staff regularly and acting swiftly to safeguard pupils whenever concerns are reported.