St. Margaret's CofE Junior School

Overview: Pupils thrive at St. Margaret's CofE Junior School, where staff look after them exceptionally well and help them develop into thoughtful, caring and independent-minded individuals. The school is a calm and orderly place where pupils behave well and are proud of their school.

Strengths:

• Pupils are safe and feel confident that staff can resolve any disagreements.
• Pupils learn about different cultures and traditions, and treat each other and adults with evident respect.
• The school has established a consistent approach to managing pupils' behaviour, which is effective in helping those who sometimes struggle with the school's expectations.
• Pupils benefit from an exceptional range of opportunities to broaden their social understanding, including leading bingo in a local care home and meeting teachers from Sierra Leone.
• Staff work very closely with their colleagues in the federated infant school, ensuring that pupils' learning moves smoothly into Year 3.

Areas to improve:

• On occasion, teachers are unaware that pupils have gaps in their previous learning, which can cause pupils to struggle with new work.
• In a few subjects, the school has not ensured that resources used to support pupils' learning are precisely linked to the intended curriculum, which can hinder pupils' ability to build and deepen their learning.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.