St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Golding

Overview: St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a happy and welcoming school where pupils feel comfortable to explore their ideas without fear of failure. The school provides a well-rounded education, and most pupils achieve well.

Strengths:

• Pupils feel comfortable to explore their ideas without fear of failure.
• The school provides a well-rounded education, with a focus on developing pupils' character and moral and spiritual values.
• Pupils have lots of opportunities to 'shine' and develop their talents and interests.
• The school prioritises reading, with well-trained staff helping pupils at the early stages of learning to read to develop accuracy and fluency.
• The school teaches pupils how to behave well, with most children in the early years quickly developing the ability to manage their behaviour.

Areas to improve:

• In a small number of subjects, the school does not have strategies in place to evaluate the quality of curriculum delivery and its impact.
• In some lessons, including in the early years, teaching is not adapted well enough to meet the needs of some pupils with SEND, resulting in some pupils with SEND not engaging and achieving as well as they could.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.