Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery

Overview: Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery is a good school where pupils benefit from an extremely well-designed programme of wider personal development. Pupils are inspired and encouraged to become thoughtful and considerate citizens, and they thrive in the wide range of extra-curricular clubs. The school is a calm, ordered and purposeful environment in which pupils can learn.

Strengths:

• Pupils benefit greatly from an extremely well-designed programme of wider personal development.
• Pupils are inspired and encouraged to become thoughtful and considerate citizens.
• The school is a calm, ordered and purposeful environment in which pupils can learn.
• Leaders’ approach to pupils’ wider personal development is first class.
• The school provides a vast range of sporting and charity events in the local community and visits to different museums.

Areas to improve:

• Sometimes, teachers do not think carefully enough about the conversations that they have with children in early years. This hinders how well some children progress through the curriculum.
• Some pupils do not attend school as often as they should, which means that they miss out on important and exciting learning.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Safeguarding pupils is of the utmost importance to all members of staff, and staff are well trained and receive regular safeguarding updates.