St Paul’s Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Leaders have effectively tackled the issues highlighted in the previous inspection.

As a result, standards are rising. The determined and energetic senior leadership have brought about effective change since the previous inspection. They have the capacity to continue for further improvement.

Effective teaching means that most pupils make brisk progress in their learning. This is especially true in English. The school has worked hard to ensure that the quality of teaching is consistent in all classrooms.

Governors are highly effective in holding the school to account. They have an in-depth understanding of the school's priorities ...and follow these up thoroughly to ensure improvement. Staff are extremely vigilant in ensuring that pupils know how to keep themselves safe in and out of school.

Parents are very supportive and feel involved in the life of the school. They say that staff are friendly and very approachable. Pupils' behaviour in classrooms and around the school is outstanding.

They are extremely polite and welcoming and they are highly positive about their learning. Pupils develop their personal skills extremely well. The school provides a wide range of opportunities and activities for pupils to participate in at lunchtime and after school.

Sporting activities, musical events and visits make a strong impact on pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Disadvantaged pupils are catching up in their learning. They are closing the differences with the rest of the school and are making strong progress in comparison to other pupils nationally.

Children in the Nursery and Reception class make rapid progress with their learning. When the children leave the Reception class the number achieving a good level of development is above the national percentage, which prepares them well for Year 1. In foundation subjects, such as history and geography, middle leaders need to develop work that deepens all pupils' learning as the most able pupils are not achieving the high standards across the wider curriculum.

Information about this school

The school does not meet the requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. It does not provide sufficient detail on the governors, nor does it have links to the Department for Education's performance tables. The school complies with Department for Education guidance on what schools should publish.

Saint Paul's Catholic Primary School is smaller than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is below the national average. The proportion of pupils who require special educational needs support is below the national average.

The number of pupils who have a statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan is below the national average. The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium is broadly in line with the national average. In 2016, the school met the government's floor standards, which are the minimum standards for achievement and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.