St Peter’s London Docks CofE Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school The headteacher and her leadership team have established a culture of high expectations. Their support for all members of staff to develop their practice is exemplary. Governors are knowledgeable and well trained.

They use their skills effectively to provide the school with strong challenge and support. Highly skilled leaders and knowledgeable teachers ensure that pupils achieve highly across a wide range of subjects. The carefully designed curriculum helps pupils to develop deep subject knowledge.

In their writing, they develop skills to write across a range of genres. Pupils make exceptional progress in mathematics across all ye...ar groups. They solve increasingly complex problems and are inspired by the challenges provided.

Pupils love reading. An above-average proportion of pupils achieve the expected standard in the national phonics screening check. Pupils build on their phonics skills effectively to read a wide range of literature for pleasure.

Pupils who speak English as an additional language make strong progress as a result of the expert support they receive. The successful use of the sports premium has resulted in a very high number of pupils being engaged in physical exercise before, during and after school. Pupils' behaviour is impeccable.

Pupils have a strong voice within the school and benefit from attentive pastoral care. Leaders have created a highly effective culture of safeguarding. Pupils are taught how to keep themselves and others safe as an integral part of the curriculum.

Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the school. They praise the staff team's commitment to their children's safety, enjoyment of the school and excellent progress. Children in the early years benefit from high-quality teaching.

The environment excites and stimulates them as learners and meets their needs very effectively. Consequently, they make rapid progress from generally low starting points. Leaders provide helpful feedback to staff, but this tends to focus on teaching rather than on the impact of teaching on pupils' progress.

Information about this school

This school is smaller than the average-sized primary school. As a school with a distinctive Christian ethos, the school was last subject to an inspection under section 48 of the Education Act 2005 in January 2015. Pupils are predominantly from minority ethnic backgrounds.

A larger-than-average proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupil with SEND is well above the national average. The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium is higher than the national average.

The school has a Nursery class. The school runs a breakfast club and a number of after-school clubs. The school is a lead school for initial teacher education.

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