St Mary’s Church of England Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher has established a shared whole-school ethos of care, inclusivity and respect that permeates all the school does.

The headteacher and deputy headteacher lead a continual drive for improving outcomes for all pupils. This has been particularly successful in improving progress for pupils in key stage 2 and for vulnerable pupils. The Diocese of Leicester Academies Trust (DLAT) provides effective support to school leaders, including appropriate training to improve teaching.

The governors of the school bring a range of valuable skills. Underpinned by effective training and guidelines from DLAT, they provide appropriate challenge ...to leaders to continue to improve teaching and outcomes. Leaders have introduced a range of effective approaches that are securing good teaching across the school.

All teachers provide age-appropriate learning opportunities. Improved teaching is improving pupils' outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics. From their starting points, pupils now make good progress.

The early years leader ensures that children settle quickly into class routines. No time is wasted in ensuring that children make a good start to their learning. There is a clear focus on giving children the basic skills they need to be ready for Year 1.

Pupils behave well at all times across the school day. Pupils say that they feel safe, valued and well cared for. Pupils are proud of their school and keen to learn.

However, not all teachers are equally as skilled at establishing expectations and habits to show pupils how to improve their learning. The school uses interesting themes and quality texts to stimulate learning across the curriculum. However, progression is not mapped out well in all subjects to consistently secure pupils' cumulative knowledge and skills.

Senior leaders are not sufficiently succinct in summarising key information, to ensure that expectations and plans for improvement are clear and consistently understood. Leaders' roles and responsibilities are not systematically defined to ensure that they are having consistent impact on moving the school forward.

Information about this school

St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a smaller-than-average sized primary school.

The school became a sponsored academy on 1 March 2013 and is part of the Diocese of Leicester Academies Trust (DLAT). The majority of pupils are of White British heritage. The proportions of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds or who speak English as an additional language are well below the national average.

The proportion of girls compared with boys is higher than the national average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is below the national average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is above the national average.

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