St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton

Overview: St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton is a good school where pupils are proud to be part of a welcoming community, feel safe, and value learning. The school has a strong focus on personal development, with pupils thriving in their wider personal development and celebrating each other's talents and positive attributes.

Strengths:

• Pupils are proud to be part of a welcoming school and feel safe.
• Relationships between adults and pupils are respectful, with pupils being sensitive and considerate of one another.
• Staff's expectations for pupils are high, with a focus on everyone 'shining brightly' and learning well.
• Pupils understand the importance of treating everyone fairly and are confident to debate different viewpoints on important topics or current affairs.
• The school provides a range of clubs and activities that foster pupils' talents and interests.

Areas to improve:

• Teachers' use of assessment to check what pupils know and remember about the curriculum does not always identify and rectify misconceptions when they occur.
• In some subjects, teachers' use of assessment is not as well developed as it is in others, meaning they do not always identify where pupils have developed misconceptions.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with a robust culture of safeguarding in place, leaders ensuring all staff have received training, and thorough checks to ensure adults appointed to work in the school are suitable.