St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Overview: St Patrick's Catholic Primary School provides a positive and supportive learning environment where pupils enjoy learning and playing. The school's distinctive Catholic ethos and values are evident in day-to-day relationships, and pupils feel a strong sense of belonging to the school community.

Strengths:

• Pupils enjoy learning and playing in the school, with a strong sense of belonging to the community.
• The school's Catholic ethos and values are evident in positive day-to-day relationships.
• Pupils are well-behaved and show good attitudes to their studies.
• The school prioritises reading, with effective teaching of early reading skills and pupils progressing well through the carefully organised curriculum.
• The school ensures that pupils learn to appreciate and embrace diversity, with well-planned teaching helping pupils develop an appreciation and awareness of diversity.

Areas to improve:

• Teachers do not always give pupils work that matches the aims of the curriculum, limiting pupils' progress through the curriculum.
• Staff do not consistently adapt the curriculum well enough for pupils with SEND, meaning that pupils with SEND do not always learn as well as they could.
• Leaders are not always rigorous enough in checking the effectiveness of subjects being taught, meaning that specific refinements needed to improve the implementation of the curriculum are not always identified and addressed.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders and staff knowing what to look out for in their daily roles to ensure pupils are kept safe, and staff identifying pupils who might be at risk quickly.