St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Key Findings

This is an outstanding school. Achievement is outstanding. Pupils make an excellent start in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

They make outstanding progress throughout the school and attainment is above average in English and mathematics by the time they leave Year 6. All groups of pupils are eager to learn and work very hard to achieve challenging targets. The school is seeking to make better use of assessment to deepen learning further.

The views of parents and carers are wholly positive about their children's enjoyment of learning and progress. The quality of teaching is outstanding. Lessons are highly imaginative and work is matched very closely to all pupils' needs.

Teachers' qu...estions challenge pupils to think for themselves constantly and apply the skills they are learning accurately. The very effective deployment of highly skilled teaching assistants and excellent use of assessment ensure disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs achieve extremely well. The behaviour and safety of pupils are outstanding.

Staff are very thorough in promoting positive behaviour and attendance. Pupils are extremely considerate and thoughtful towards each other and to adults. Pupils have an excellent knowledge of how to avoid unsafe situations, such as cyber-bullying.

They contribute extremely well to the safety and well-being of others through their involvement in making and maintaining the school's highly positive and caring ethos. The headteacher, staff and governing body provide outstanding leadership and management of teaching. The school's self evaluation is very accurate because it is based on highly focused procedures for managing and raising the performance of all staff.

It is driven with total dedication by the headteacher and fully reflected in the considerable commitment and effectiveness of the senior leadership team. The multi-layered, broad and balanced curriculum promotes pupils' outstanding spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development extremely well.

Information about the school

St Josephs is an average-sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is below average. The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds. The percentage of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds is average, as is the proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is broadly average. The school meets the current floor standard. The school has achieved several awards, including Healthy Schools status, Investors in People, and Eco School award.

Inspection grades: 1 is outstanding, 2 is good, 3 is satisfactory and 4 is inadequate Please turn to the glossary for a description of the grades and inspection terms