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This is a good school Leaders have maintained the school's strengths from the previous inspection. They have successfully improved pupils' attainment and progress following a decline in some recent results, particularly in key stage 2.
Pupils achieve well overall in reading, writing and mathematics. There has been a marked improvement in mathematics recently. Teaching is good, encouraging a strong response from pupils.
Teachers have benefited from many opportunities to develop their skills further, and they are now held more accountable for pupils' progress. Children in the Nursery and Reception are taught well and make good progress. Pupils behave well in les...sons and around the school.
Pupils enjoy coming to school for lessons and the popular range of additional curriculum opportunities, such as clubs. Pupils feel very safe and well cared for in school. Attendance is above the national average.
Parents greatly appreciate the quality of teaching, care and support for their children, particularly for those who are vulnerable. School leaders, including middle leaders, check the quality of teaching and learning, and pupils' progress, thoroughly and accurately. The headteacher has overcome some difficult challenges caused by changes in staffing to keep the school's focus on improvement.
Senior members of the trust provide expert advice to assist the school's leadership in this. Leaders evaluate the school's performance accurately and plan effectively for continued improvement. The school gives a high priority to pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
The school's Christian emphasis has a high profile. Although most pupils make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics, a minority of pupils achieve less consistently. These are usually lower-attainers and some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Learning for these pupils is not as consistently effective as for others. The range and depth of writing in some subjects is not as high as it is in literacy work.
Information about this school
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School is part of the CAST multi-academy trust.
The headteacher has led the school for several years, but there have been several changes in staffing, both at the leadership and other levels since the previous inspection. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is below the national average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is above the national average.
The headteacher and other school leaders provide support for some other local schools. The school has a Nursery. The school runs both a breakfast club and an after-school club.
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