St Loys Church of England Primary Academy, Weedon Lois

Overview: St Loys Church of England Primary Academy is a good school where pupils enjoy their learning and feel safe. The school has a strong focus on phonics and mathematics, and pupils are highly motivated and well-behaved.

Strengths:

• Pupils like being at school and feel safe, with a clear understanding of equality and British values.
• Staff have high expectations of pupils and promote their well-being, with a strong focus on phonics and mathematics.
• Pupils are highly motivated and make a significant contribution to the life of the school.
• The school's work to promote pupils' personal development is of a high quality, with a respectful culture and opportunities for pupils to take on leadership roles.
• Teachers are quick to identify pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and provide high-quality support in lessons.

Areas to improve:

• The key content and knowledge that pupils need to learn in some subjects, such as science, computing and history, are not sufficiently well planned and sequenced.
• The school's approach to assessment in the school is inconsistent, with not an agreed approach to checking pupils' understanding in all subjects.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders ensuring that the curriculum provides opportunities for pupils to learn how to stay safe, and pupils understanding how to keep themselves safe, including online.