St Francis Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Since joining the school, the headteacher has developed a culture of positivity which has enabled her to successfully lead improvements in all areas of school life.

Governors have the highest ambitions for the school and their well-organised systems to support and challenge leaders have helped drive recent improvements. Children make an excellent start to school life because of the outstanding early years provision in the Reception classes. The imaginative curriculum excites pupils and is a strength of the school.

It promotes pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development very well. The vast majority of parents and carers are h...appy with the school and would recommend it to others. Teaching has improved and is now consistently good.

Pupils enjoy their lessons and make good progress in them. Standards in reading, writing and mathematics are above average throughout the school because of the good progress pupils make. Pupils who are at an early stage of learning English or who have special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress because : they are well supported by a dedicated team of staff.

The very few disadvantaged pupils are now making good progress. While they are making good progress, on occasions the most able pupils are not given challenging enough work. The school has robust systems in place to ensure that all pupils are kept safe.

Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school. Older pupils enjoy the extra responsibilities they are given. Information about pupils' capabilities is not always shared well enough, slowing their progress when they change class.

Information about this school

The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The school is larger than the average primary school and has two classes in each year group. The early years provision is provided in two full-time Reception classes.

The proportion of pupils who are disadvantaged is much lower than that found nationally. The number of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is very low compared with similar-sized schools. Over two thirds of pupils are from White British backgrounds.

Just under a third are from a wide variety of minority ethnic groups. The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is just above average. The school meets the current government floor standards that set out the minimum expectations for primary schools.

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