St Patrick's Primary School

Overview

St Patrick’s Primary School continues to demonstrate the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all learners. The inspection confirmed that the school is effectively sustaining the ‘good’ evaluation from its previous inspection through robust self-evaluation and strategic development planning.

Strengths

• The profile of writing has been raised throughout the school via a “strategic and systematic approach,” resulting in standards that are “generally very good.”
• Children talk “knowledgably” about writing styles and are “enthusiastic” about regular opportunities to write from experience and transfer skills across the curriculum.
• Internal performance data and qualitative assessment evidence provide “robust information” on progress, used appropriately to monitor teaching impact and track individual children.
• The board of governors is “fully involved in the improvement process,” including the appointment of a literacy and numeracy liaison governor.
• Staff have undertaken professional learning to build capacity, with best practice disseminated throughout the school to positively impact student outcomes.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements reflect Department of Education guidance, and older pupils demonstrated they know who to approach if they have welfare concerns.