St Joseph's Primary School

Overview

This follow-up inspection confirms that St Joseph’s Primary School has successfully addressed the significant areas for improvement identified in 2015. The school now demonstrates "the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners," with outcomes for learners described as "very good" and the quality of provision as "good."

Strengths

• Learner outcomes are "very good," with children engaging "enthusiastically" and achieving standards in literacy and numeracy as expected, with many exceeding expectations.
• The quality of provision is "good," featuring improved planning, "creative contexts for problem-solving," and differentiated teaching that provides "high levels of challenge for the more able."
• Leadership and management are now "good," with a "clear strategic vision," well-paced management of change, and significantly improved communication across the school.
• Governance has strengthened, with governors engaging "proactively" to monitor progress and staff working "collegiately, with enthusiasm and growing confidence."

Areas to improve

• The report notes that children do not have "sufficient opportunities to assess their own work and that of their peers" as part of the feedback process.
• The ETI will monitor how the school sustains improvement, specifically by "developing further consistent high-quality learning and teaching to include a broader range of assessment for learning strategies."

Safeguarding

The report states that "the remaining outstanding safeguarding issues from the original inspection have been addressed."