St Monica's (Milton) Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found a school where staff work very effectively together to ensure all children thrive, supported by a highly respected headteacher. The report highlights a highly positive climate for learning, with children described as welcoming, respectful, and proud of their school.

Strengths

• The headteacher’s approaches to developing leadership have built a culture where staff collaborate effectively.
• Staff demonstrate an "outstanding approach to supporting children’s wellbeing," ensuring impactful inclusion and significant improvement in attainment.
• Children are "very welcoming, respectful and proud of their school," engaging well as responsible learners and strong ambassadors.
• Teachers are "highly skilled at questioning to extend children’s learning," fostering critical and independent thinking.
• "Highly effective interventions" help children requiring support make accelerated progress, resulting in very well attainment in literacy and numeracy.
• There is a "relentless commitment to developing children's communication and language skills," enabling confident articulation across the curriculum.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should work with staff to "streamline their wide range of data" and further use it to measure the impact of interventions on children’s progress.

Safeguarding

The report states that staff have developed a "deep understanding and impactful skillset to ensure children’s inclusion," resulting in all children receiving high-quality support that significantly improves their wellbeing.