St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Overview: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is an outstanding school where pupils thrive and feel safe. Leaders at all levels work constantly to improve the school, prioritising the care and welfare of pupils at all times. Pupils achieve exceptionally well across all subjects, and the school provides a welcoming and inclusive environment.

Strengths:

• The school's extremely well-designed and carefully organised curriculum ensures that pupils learn a broad range of subjects and achieve exceptionally well.
• Teachers structure learning incredibly well, and assessment is very well structured, with teachers using what they know about pupils' learning to plan subsequent lessons with precision.
• The school prioritises reading and ensures that it is an integral part of the curriculum in every year group, with those who fall behind being helped to catch up extremely well.
• The school supports pupils who need extra help exceptionally well, with well-trained staff identifying and addressing their needs precisely.
• The school has a vibrant environment and thoughtfully structured curriculum that ensures children are extremely well prepared to enter Year 1.

Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.