St Mary’s Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The headteacher leads the school well and with an outstanding determination that has resulted in rapid improvement to the quality of teaching and pupils' achievement since the last inspection.

Pupils throughout the school make good progress and achieve well. Standards in English and mathematics at the end of Key Stage 2 have risen and are above average. Teaching is good and some is outstanding so pupils learn quickly.

Governance is securely focused on bringing about improvements in teaching and pupils' achievement. Pupils' good attitudes to learning, their behaviour around the school and the way that they are kept safe make a strong cont...ribution to their good achievement in school. It is not yet an outstanding school because : There is not enough outstanding teaching.

The most-able pupils are not challenged well enough in some classes. Teachers' marking is not used consistently to show pupils how to improve, nor are pupils given enough time to respond to the advice they are given. New and less experienced members of the leadership team have not yet developed the full range of leadership skills to enable them to impact fully on improving teaching and learning throughout the school.

Information about this school

The school is an average-sized primary school. The majority of pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of pupils supported through school action, at school action plus or who have a statement of special educational needs is lower than the national average.

The proportion of pupils who are eligible for support through the pupil premium funding is almost the same as the national average. The pupil premium is funding to support pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and children who are looked after by the local authority. The school meets the government's current floor standards which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.