St Mary and St John CofE VA Primary School

Overview: St Mary and St John CofE VA Primary School is a good school where pupils are happy to attend and behave well. The school's motto, 'Let your light shine', is lived out by pupils and staff, creating a 'real family feel' where everyone is warmly welcomed.

Strengths:

• Pupils are keen to attend school and behave well, with a 'real family feel' among staff, parents, and carers.
• The school's '6R' learning values are lived in all aspects of school life, encouraging pupils to be reasoning, reflective, ready, responsible, resilient, and resourceful.
• Pupils develop a love of reading, with phonics taught consistently throughout the school and comprehension skills taught as they become confident readers.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well catered for, with staff getting the information they need to help pupils with SEND.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, the important knowledge and skills pupils need to know and remember are not clearly defined, making it unclear what pupils have remembered and what needs to be revisited.
• In some subjects, the school has not ensured that there have been consistent and effective opportunities to check how well the curriculum is being implemented, including adaptations and support for pupils with SEND.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.