St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton

Overview

The report confirms that St Mary’s C of E Primary School High Crompton “continues to be a good school.” Pupils “love coming to” the school, enjoying their learning and benefiting from the “care and support” provided by staff. Leaders maintain “high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and achievement,” resulting in a calm environment where children are “unfailingly polite” and achieve well.

Strengths

• The curriculum is described as “broad and ambitious,” with subject leaders designing content that effectively “builds on what pupils know.”
• Reading is a clear priority; staff are “well trained to teach the phonics curriculum effectively,” helping pupils become “confident and fluent readers.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are identified quickly and receive support that gives them “full access to the curriculum.”
• Behaviour is excellent, with classrooms described as “calm and purposeful,” allowing learning to take place “free from interruptions.”
• Staff feel “valued by leaders,” who show consideration for their “well-being and workload.”

Areas to improve

• In some wider curriculum subjects, teachers’ checks do not cover the precise content pupils have learned, preventing them from “identifying accurately, and building on, what pupils should know and remember.” Leaders should ensure assessment strategies are “more refined” to help pupils know and remember more.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are “effective,” with staff comprehensively trained to spot signs of risk and understand the importance of reporting concerns quickly.