St Mark's Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that St Mark’s Primary School’s vision, underpinned by Gospel values, supports a positive climate for learning with nurturing relationships. The school demonstrates strong dedication to supporting families facing financial barriers and effective partnership working. However, evaluations for learning, teaching, assessment, and raising attainment were rated as ‘satisfactory’, with specific areas identified for improvement.

Strengths

• The school’s vision and values support a positive climate, where children benefit from “nurturing and mutually respectful relationships with staff.”
• Staff show dedication to supporting children and families experiencing financial barriers, helping them feel ready to learn while maintaining dignity.
• Staff work effectively with partners to offer a range of achievements and learning opportunities that help children develop important skills.

Areas to improve

• Staff should develop a shared understanding of high-quality learning and teaching to improve consistency and support progress.
• Teachers should continue to develop their use of assessments to measure progress and confidently apply national standards.
• Senior leaders and teachers should continue to raise attainment in literacy and numeracy across the school.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific commentary on safeguarding arrangements, noting that the nursery class was excluded from this inspection as it was recently inspected by the Care Inspectorate.