West Street Community Primary School

Overview: West Street Community Primary School is a calm and welcoming place where staff know pupils well and provide effective support for their development. However, the school's aspirations for pupils' achievement are only partially met, with variable attainment in reading and mathematics.

Strengths:

• The school is a calm and welcoming place where pupils feel confident that staff will help them with any worries.
• Pupils are confident and independent, with effective support for their development.
• The school provides a wide range of high-quality activities that broaden pupils' knowledge of the wider world and develop their physical and mental well-being.
• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards school and their learning.
• The school provides a wealth of high-quality literature to broaden pupils' experiences and support their learning.

Areas to improve:

• The school does not make the most effective use of the information it has about pupils to identify what it most needs to focus on, which impacts on pupils' achievement and staff's workload.
• Some pupils have misconceptions or gaps in their knowledge, including in reading and mathematics, which means they are not as well prepared for their next stages of education as they should be.
• The school does not ensure that children in the early years receive the support they need to practise and embed their learning across the curriculum consistently well, which means they do not build up their knowledge as successfully as they could.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.