St Paul's Catholic Primary School

Overview: St Paul's Catholic Primary School provides a safe and happy environment for pupils, with staff building warm and supportive relationships. Pupils develop a sense of responsibility and achieve well in their learning, benefiting from an ambitious and engaging curriculum. The school prioritises developing pupils' ability to communicate well and their personal development is exceptional.

Strengths:

• Pupils are safe and happy, with staff building warm and supportive relationships.
• Pupils develop a sense of responsibility, with opportunities to be well-being champions and support each other.
• The school provides an ambitious and engaging curriculum, with pupils achieving well.
• Pupils have access to an impressive careers education, giving them a comprehensive understanding of career pathways.
• Pupils' personal development is exceptional, with a focus on developing their ability to communicate well and their character.

Areas to improve:

• On occasions, tasks for pupils at the early stages of writing do not accurately match their needs or ability, meaning pupils do not get the practice they need to consolidate their phonics knowledge and develop their emerging writing.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.