St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School

Overview: Plympton St Mary's CofE Infant School is a good school with an outstanding early years provision. Pupils enjoy attending the school and have strong relationships with staff. The school has high expectations for all pupils and provides a welcoming environment for children in the early years.

Strengths:

• The school's values of love, friendship, thankfulness, respect, perseverance, forgiveness, and trust are shared by everyone.
• Staff know all pupils well, so relationships are strong.
• Pupils are kind to each other and enjoy earning rewards for making good choices about their work or behaviour.
• The school places a strong emphasis on developing positive relationships with parents.
• The school has developed a carefully constructed curriculum in the early years provision.
• Adults model language expertly to support children to improve their language skills and broaden their vocabulary.
• The school places a sharp focus on reading, with children in the Reception Year learning to read as soon as they start school.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, the use of assessment is not as well developed as it is in others, which means that gaps in pupils' knowledge of the curriculum are not identified and remedied.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.