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 report states that the school now demonstrates the capacity to bring about improvement, with overall outcomes for children and the quality of provision rated as good.

Strengths

• Overall outcomes for children are now good, with reduced underachievement in literacy and numeracy and improved mathematical thinking.
• The quality of provision is good, characterised by active, investigative approaches and effective classroom practice.
• Strategic leadership and management are now very good, with the whole school community working collaboratively to meet learners’ needs.
• Provision in the nursery unit is very good, particularly regarding outdoor play and personal, social and emotional development.
• Individual education plans have improved greatly, featuring clear, measurable targets that effectively inform teaching.

Areas to improve

• The school needs to embed systems for tracking children’s progress across the school, particularly in the learning support centres.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding reflect Department of Education guidance, and children report that they feel safe and happy in school.