St Teresa's RC School

Overview

The inspection team found that the headteacher provides strong leadership with a clear vision, fostering positive relationships with children, parents, and staff. However, the report evaluates learning, teaching, and assessment as “weak,” alongside “weak” raising of attainment and achievement. Consequently, the school requires additional support and will undergo a further inspection within one year to monitor progress.

Strengths

• The headteacher’s leadership in establishing “positive relationships with children, parents and staff” and having a “clear vision for the future of the school.”
• Children are described as “polite, friendly” and “eager to learn and experience success.”
• “Effective teamwork of staff across the school” who work together to create a “calm, nurturing learning environment.”

Areas to improve

• Improve the quality of learning, teaching, and assessment, ensuring activities are “well matched to children’s individual needs” and of “consistently high quality.”
• Raise attainment in literacy and numeracy by using “reliable assessment information to identify and address gaps” and developing a better understanding of national standards.
• Continue to improve leadership at all levels and the curriculum, specifically regarding health and wellbeing, diversity, and equality.

Safeguarding

The report evaluates “Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion” as “satisfactory,” noting that staff create a “calm, nurturing learning environment” and establish positive relationships with children.