St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell

Overview: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, with pupils happy and thriving in a nurturing school environment.

Strengths:

• Pupils are happy and thrive at this nurturing school, with positive relationships with staff.
• The school has high aspirations for pupils from the moment they arrive, including those with SEND, and pupils achieve highly across the curriculum.
• Pupils benefit from an impressive range of activities designed to cultivate their talents and interests, such as sports, arts and music clubs.
• The school provides pupils with access to trips that enhance their understanding of the wider world, and pupils are extremely proud of their contribution to the local community.

Areas to improve:

• The school should ensure that staff have the knowledge and skills they need to meet the needs of all pupils with SEND equally well.
• The school should make refinements to its support for pupils with a broader range of additional needs, to ensure that staff receive the information and training they need to support these pupils sufficiently well.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.