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 2016. The school now demonstrates the capacity to sustain improvement, with leadership, teaching quality, and learner outcomes all rated as good or very good.

Strengths

• Learner outcomes in literacy are now "very good," with writing standards improved across all key stages and in "meaningful real-life contexts."
• Outcomes in numeracy are now "good," with children using "appropriate mathematical language" and confidently applying problem-solving strategies.
• The quality of provision for special educational needs has improved significantly and is now "very good," meeting children's needs more effectively.
• Leadership and management are now "good," characterised by "strategic and very effective leadership" and improved collegiality among staff.
• Governance is effective, with governors engaging proactively to monitor progress and the impact of action plans.

Areas to improve

• The ETI will monitor how the school sustains improvement, "in particular, in developing further a greater challenge in learning."

Safeguarding

The report states that arrangements for safeguarding have been improved, noting that "improved arrangements for safeguarding children" were evaluated during a follow-up visit in June 2016.