St Fidelis Catholic Primary School

Overview

Pupils “flourish and thrive” in a school where values of “compassion, challenge and excellence” are deeply embedded. The report describes an environment where staff show “great care and commitment,” resulting in pupils who are “articulate, mature and respectful” and achieve outcomes “well above average.”

Strengths

• The school has created a “rich and ambitious curriculum” where leaders have “carefully chosen what subject content pupils should learn,” enabling them to “build their knowledge” and “apply their understanding with increasing confidence.”
• Reading is a “big priority,” with high-quality phonics instruction ensuring that “pupils, including the lowest readers, develop strong reading skills” and “enjoy reading.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities “achieve very well across the curriculum” and are “fully included in the life of the school” through “expert support and adaptations.”
• Behaviour is “exemplary,” with pupils demonstrating “incredibly positive attitudes to their learning” and following the school’s “three key agreements.”
• Pupils are “exceptionally well prepared for life in modern Britain” through a “wide and rich set of experiences,” including extra-curricular activities, residential visits, and community responsibilities.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”