St Anne’s RC Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. St Anne's is a happy school where relationships between adults and pupils are excellent.

Leaders and governors are passionate about the school and its values. Their work has led to strong improvements in teaching and pupils' achievement. Extremely rigorous checks carried out by leaders at all levels ensure they have a clear understanding of the school's performance and how it can improve.

Leadership and teaching in the early years have improved and are now outstanding. A strong ethos of nurturing and caring pervades the whole school. Families are warmly welcomed when they require help and support.

Teachers and teaching assistant...s work very closely together to support the learning of individual and vulnerable pupils. Achievement is good. Pupils make good progress and attainment is improving.

There is an increase in the proportion of pupils reaching above average standards in reading, writing and mathematics. Disabled pupils, those who have special educational needs, as well as those who are disadvantaged or are at an early stage of learning English are supported very well and make good progress. Pupils have good attitudes to learning.

They behave consistently well. This makes a very positive contribution to their good progress and the school's harmonious atmosphere. Students feel very safe because of the school's outstanding safeguarding practice.

The curriculum and the range of after-school activities promote pupils' excellent spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. The strong emphasis on promoting pupils' understanding of values prepares them well for life in modern Britain. Leaders, including governors and all staff are especially rigorous in their efforts to keep pupils safe.

Governors are extremely well informed about the school's work. They use their detailed knowledge to provide a strong level of challenge and support to the school's leadership. The school is extremely well-placed to improve further.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Occasionally the work set for pupils, especially the most able, is not hard enough to enable them to reach the highest standards in reading, writing and mathematics. Teachers' expectations of pupils' presentation of their work, especially handwriting, are not high enough.

Information about this school

St Anne's is slightly smaller than the average-sized primary school.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is well above average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils, those eligible for support through the pupil premium, is well above average. The pupil premium is additional funding that the school receives for those pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those children who are in the care of the local authority.

The majority of pupils in the school are from minority ethnic groups, many of whom are of African heritage. Almost one-third of pupils speaks English as an additional language. This proportion is well above the national average.

The proportion of pupils who join the school other than at the usual time is well above average. Children attend full-time in both the Nursery and the Reception classes. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.