St John's CofE Primary School

Overview

St John’s CofE Primary School is described as a highly inclusive institution where pupils “enjoy their learning and achieve highly.” The report highlights a “warm sense of belonging” and a “positive culture of behaviour” underpinned by strong leadership and a “highly aspirational curriculum.” Pupils are “confident and articulate individuals who are extremely well prepared for future learning.”

Strengths

• Pupils “achieve highly” across subjects, with performance in reading, writing, and mathematics consistently above national averages.
• Attendance is “consistently above the national average” due to a “highly systematic approach to checking and tracking.”
• The curriculum is “carefully sequenced” so pupils “build knowledge securely,” with “highly precise” phonics teaching.
• Staff “expertly challenge pupils to deepen their understanding” and quickly address misconceptions.
• The school is “highly inclusive,” with staff providing “well-tailored support” that helps pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities feel “confident and independent.”

Areas to improve

• Leaders should “continue to refine their approaches to teaching writing to support all pupil groups, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged, to achieve highly.”

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing “an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.”