St Francis Xavier's Primary School

Overview

Pupils “flourish” in a “compassionate, warm and welcoming environment” where the school’s values are lived out by all. The report highlights “consistently excellent” behaviour and high attendance, with pupils achieving “extremely well” in national tests, particularly in core subjects.

Strengths

• Attendance is “consistently above national averages” due to “robust systems” and “highly effective” support for families.
• Pupils “secure important knowledge” in reading, writing and mathematics “very well”, far exceeding national averages.
• A “highly inclusive ethos” ensures pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities “progress really well” from their starting points.
• Early years provision is strong, with children “flourishing” in a “language-rich environment” and making “rapid progress”.
• Staff create a “calm, caring and supportive environment” where bullying is “extremely rare” and pupils feel safe.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should “continue to embed teaching approaches” to ensure “consistently highly effective teaching across the school”, as it is currently “more variable across the wider curriculum”.
• Leaders and staff should ensure pupils develop “detailed knowledge and understanding across the wider curriculum”, including personal, social, health and economic education, where knowledge is currently “less detailed”.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an “open culture” where concerns are “actively identified, acted upon and managed” to ensure pupils are safe.