St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster

Overview: St George's Catholic Primary School has experienced an unsettled period due to changes in staffing and leadership arrangements. Pupils do not learn effectively, but they have positive attitudes to learning and are polite and well-mannered. The school provides a range of after-school clubs and leadership opportunities, which help pupils to develop talents and interests.

Strengths:

• The school encourages pupils to celebrate difference and be respectful of one another.
• Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and are polite and well-mannered.
• The school provides a range of after-school clubs, such as dance and drama, craft, mindfulness, Little Troopers and cinema club.
• Pupils value leadership opportunities, such as the school council, which helps them to have a say in how to improve the school and to learn about responsibility.
• The school's vision, 'in the light of Christ, we will learn what we need to be the difference in our world', underpins the curriculum for personal development.

Areas to improve:

• Subject leadership is not fully developed, with many subject leaders being new to their roles and lacking curriculum expertise.
• Some content and learning activities do not match the curriculum intention, and activities do not enable pupils, especially those with SEND, to build on what they already know.
• The school does not routinely check what pupils know and remember, leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge that persist.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.