West Coker CofE VC Primary School

Overview: West Coker CofE VC Primary School is a smaller than average-sized primary school that provides a warm and inclusive environment for its pupils. The school has high expectations for all pupils and has made significant improvements since the previous inspection.

Strengths:

• Pupils enjoy warm relationships with adults and their peers, and show good conduct and attitudes.
• The school has high expectations for all pupils and has a family feel, with pupils supporting one another and valuing their friendships.
• Older pupils take on positions of responsibility, such as 'well-being warriors', members of the school council or sports leaders.
• The school provides a wide range of clubs to help pupils develop new talents and interests, including crochet, boccia and board games.

Areas to improve:

• In some curriculum areas, the school has not identified the essential knowledge pupils need to know and remember with enough precision.
• Leaders' work to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence has not been robust enough.
• Safeguarding actions sometimes lack oversight, with the potential for some safeguarding actions to be missed.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with pupils being safe in the school. However, some actions to keep pupils safe and supported have been missed, including contacting outside agencies when necessary.