St Winefride’s Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

The school benefits from a very strong senior leadership team, committed governors and a headteacher who is determined in her ambition to create an outstanding school. Overall standards have risen steadily across the school in recent years. Improvements in mathematics, reading and writing have accelerated across the school during this academic year.

The school provides pupils with a challenging and imaginative curriculum which has generated excitement and nurtured their eagerness to learn and determination to succeed. Teachers manage classes well; they have excellent relationships with pupils and learning in lessons is purposeful. Teache...rs set ambitious targets for pupils which help to raise levels of attainment.

Pupils are proud of their school, behave well and enjoy sharing their achievements with visitors. They have trusting relationships with adults and say that they feel safe and listened to. Parents are highly positive about the school.

They say that they feel welcomed, that communication has significantly improved and that the school is a very safe place for their children to learn. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The quality of teaching is not yet outstanding because tasks in lessons are not always as challenging as they could be and do not always match pupils' different abilities. While the quality of data used to track pupils' progress and attainment is good, it is not centrally located or as easy to access as it could be.

Information about this school

This is larger than the average sized primary school. The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives additional funding through the pupil premium is just below average. A small but increasing proportion of pupils are from minority ethnic groups but very few speak English as an additional language.

The proportion of pupils with special educational needs who are supported at school action is average. The proportion of pupils who are supported at school action plus or who have a statement of special educational needs is below average. The school meets the government's floor standards which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress.

The school provides an on-site breakfast club which is well attended by pupils. Since the last inspection a number of staff have left the school and new staff have been appointed, including two newly qualified teachers and one deputy headteacher. The school's senior leadership team has been reorganised as has the governing body which has a new Chair.