St. Julians Primary School

Overview

St Julian’s Primary School is described as a “thriving, fully inclusive learning community” where pupils achieve high standards and make exceptional progress. The inspection highlights outstanding leadership, a highly engaging curriculum, and exemplary pupil behaviour and attitudes.

Strengths

• Pupils make “exceptional progress” in numeracy, writing, and ICT, with the school’s use of technology to support learning rated as “outstanding”.
• Staff provide a “highly engaging and stimulating curriculum” that meets the needs of all pupils well, including those with additional learning needs.
• Pupils display “exemplary standards of behaviour”, showing high levels of independence, resilience, and mutual respect.
• Leadership is “exceptional”, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and effective professional development for staff.
• The school provides “outstanding support to parents”, including workshops and digital resources to help them assist with learning at home.

Areas to improve

• Improve attendance, which has “not improved significantly” and does not compare favourably with similar schools.
• Improve opportunities for foundation phase pupils to choose what they learn, as teachers do not always provide sufficient choice.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s arrangements for safeguarding pupils “meet requirements and give no cause for concern.”