St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell

Overview: St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, with pupils thriving in a highly positive atmosphere and achieving well.

Strengths:

• Pupils are polite, good-natured and welcoming to all, with a respectful nature and compassion for others.
• Leaders have very high expectations for pupils' achievement, with pupils producing work of an increasingly high standard.
• Pupils are excellent role models for others, exemplifying the school's high expectations for their conduct and attitude.
• The school's approach to early reading is tenacious, with skilled staff immersing pupils in opportunities to develop and use their emerging phonics knowledge.
• The school provides a clear focus on personal, social and emotional development in early years, with positive relationships and the promotion of communication and language.

Areas to improve:

• Occasionally, adaptations to curriculum delivery for a small number of pupils who struggle to demonstrate their learning in written work are not as effective as they could be, meaning that some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.