St Peter's CofE Primary School

Overview

The report states that pupils “do not receive an acceptable standard of education” and that the school is “failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education.” Consequently, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector has placed the school in “special measures” because leaders are “not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement.”

Strengths

• The phonics programme is “well established” and has a “positive impact on most pupils’ learning at the early stages of reading.”
• Most pupils “behave well,” are “polite and friendly,” and “engage in their learning.”
• Children in the early years “enjoy learning through play,” and adults “promote and support positive interactions between children well.”
• The school supports pupils to learn how to keep themselves “physically healthy” and is developing leadership opportunities such as school councillors.

Areas to improve

• Safeguarding arrangements are “not effective,” with a lack of “positive culture” and inconsistent responses to risks and low-level concerns.
• Teachers do not “adapt learning for pupils with SEND consistently well,” leading to poor achievement and inconsistent support.
• The school lacks a “coherent and consistent approach” to improving attendance, which remains higher than national averages.
• Leaders must address low staff morale and ensure actions to improve the school consider “staff workload and well-being.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “arrangements for safeguarding are not effective,” noting that the school has “not established a positive culture of safeguarding” and that staff are “not consistently alert to the risks that pupils may be vulnerable to.”