St Rose Of Lima Primary School

Overview

The inspection found that relationships across the school are “positive, nurturing and built on the school values,” creating “calm, welcoming learning environments.” While the new headteacher’s direction is beginning to improve approaches to learning, the evaluations for both “Learning, teaching and assessment” and “Raising attainment and achievement” were judged as “satisfactory.”

Strengths

• Staff have established environments that support children to be “ready to learn.”
• Teachers and support staff are collaborating to “improve outcomes for children.”
• Children achieve success through a “wide range of planned and purposeful school learning experiences and clubs.”

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff must develop a “shared understanding of high-quality learning and teaching” to ensure appropriate pace and difficulty levels.
• Processes for “assessing and monitoring children’s progress” require review and streamlining to ensure accurate interventions.
• Senior leaders should support teachers in developing their understanding of “national standards” and confidence in making “accurate professional judgements.”

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.