St Nicholas Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children are "welcoming, respectful and eager to learn" and demonstrate pride in their faith community. "Very positive relationships" between children and adults are a key strength, ensuring pupils remain engaged and motivated. Senior leaders’ effective management of change has positively impacted learning, teaching, and assessment across the school and nursery.

Strengths

• Children demonstrate the school’s values and are "proud members of their faith community."
• "Very positive relationships" between children and adults support "positive behaviour" and ensure children are "engaged and motivated in learning."
• Senior leaders and staff make "very effective use of data," resulting in children making "very good progress in learning" and maintaining "consistently high levels of attainment."
• Effective management of change has led to "stimulating experiences and nurturing relationships" for children.

Areas to improve

• Continue to develop play approaches across the early and first level to ensure "progression and continuity in children’s learning."
• Continue to develop approaches to make use of all information from children’s achievements, linking this to "skills for learning, life and work."

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.