St Mary's & St Peter's Church School

Overview

This is the first routine inspection of St Mary’s & St Peter’s Church School under the current framework. The report describes an “inclusive and welcoming school” where adults hold “high expectations of all pupils,” resulting in a “happy, calm and purposeful learning environment.” The school is judged as ‘Good’ across all key judgement areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate the school’s values of “courage, kindness and respect,” creating a positive atmosphere where they feel “safe and listened to.”
• The mathematics curriculum is well-designed, with precise learning goals that support pupils in developing “number fluency” and tackling complex concepts.
• Reading is a priority from Reception, with effective phonics teaching and swift interventions ensuring pupils “grow in confidence and see themselves as a reader.”
• Behaviour is a strength, with pupils being “polite, kind and caring” and learning without interruption because they know it is important to be “ready, respectful and safe.”
• The school is “relentless in its drive to improve attendance,” working closely with families to ensure this remains a priority.

Areas to improve

• In some wider curriculum subjects, pupils do not build knowledge sequentially, and assessment is not used effectively to identify gaps in what they know and remember.
• Pupils have a “limited understanding of multicultural Britain” and do not have sufficient knowledge of world faiths and different cultures.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”