St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. Pupils are justly proud of their school and make excellent contributions to school life. They make outstanding progress and achieve excellent results.

The school has a calm and purposeful atmosphere where pupils feel very well cared for and safe in a very secure environment. Pupils' behaviour in lessons and around the school is outstanding. They care for one another's safety and welfare and are extremely courteous and respectful to adults and each other.

Pupils enjoy coming to school and the work they do in lessons. Their attendance is well above average. Leadership and management are outstanding.

Senior leaders have qui...ckly raised the expectations of teachers and pupils and established a clear vision of excellence. Staff at all levels feel valued and supported and fully support the vision for the school. The way the school reviews and improves the quality of teaching is rigorous, very effective and fully embraced by teachers.

The school offers a broad curriculum which provides very good opportunities for pupils to develop their skills and personal qualities. They have many opportunities to take on important responsibilities. Pupils would benefit from even more opportunities to work on their own and have more choice in how they tackle activities.

Teaching is highly effective. Teachers have high expectations, excellent subject knowledge and make very good use of the information from assessments to improve pupils' achievement. The governing body has a wealth of relevant experience and is well informed about the school.

Governors provide excellent support and challenge to the school's senior leadership.

Information about this school

St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School is an average sized primary school. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is above average at 37%, and 15% are from other White backgrounds.

The other main minority ethnic groups are of African and other ethnic groups. Around the national average number of pupils have English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils eligible for the pupil premium is well below the national average at 3.

4%. There are a small number of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs. There are 5.

4% of pupils at school action and 4.15% who are at school action plus or have a statement of special educational needs. Both of these figures are below the rates found nationally.

The school has a nursery on site and holds the Healthy School status. The school offers no alternative provision. The school has met the government's floor standards which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

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