St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy

Overview: St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy is a happy, vibrant place where everyone is welcomed and no one is left out. Pupils form strong, positive bonds with each other and with staff, and staff care for them well. The school is ambitious for its pupils and has high expectations of their behaviour.

Strengths:

• Pupils form strong, positive bonds with each other and with staff.
• Staff care for pupils well, helping them to feel safe and part of the warm, nurturing school community.
• Older pupils are excellent role models, proud to be reading 'buddies' and playleaders for their younger friends.
• The school provides an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum, designed to help pupils build knowledge securely over time.
• Pupils gain the reading and mathematical knowledge needed to succeed, and develop a love of reading and become confident readers.

Areas to improve:

• At times, some activities do not help pupils to develop a secure knowledge of the subjects that they study, preventing some pupils from achieving as well as they could.
• Learning activities are not always closely matched to pupils' needs, with some pupils expected to complete complex tasks before they have secured the knowledge and skills that they need to complete them.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.