St Paul's Catholic Primary School Ofsted result

St Paul's Catholic Primary School received an Ofsted rating of good for the second successive time.

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00:00 Oh hi, I'm Zoe Killick, I am the headteacher of St Paul's Catholic Primary School and Nursery.

00:06 So tell me what this means to everyone at the school.

00:11 We're absolutely thrilled with the outcome from Ofsted, it was a really rigorous process

00:16 but for us as a school it shows our dedication and commitment to our children to improve

00:21 their lives, to give them the best start to education they can possibly receive.

00:27 Tell me what message this sends to prospective pupils and parents.

00:35 I think in the report it really highlights the strengths of our schools, the things that

00:39 we've worked really hard to achieve and we will continue to achieve and I think those

00:44 things that have been highlighted are really important to parents.

00:47 So for example we give children a best start in reading so that they can access our full

00:52 curriculum, we really value our art so we have music specialists, art specialists that

00:57 come and teach our children and also we really spend a lot of time with our children building

01:03 up strong relationships, pastorally as well so that we can give them all kinds of support

01:08 that they need.

01:12 So your last Ofsted report was good, what have you done to maintain the consistency

01:22 over the years?

01:23 Okay so I became headteacher post-Covid just at the start of the pandemic so we've seen

01:30 quite a big change in education in that time with the children coming into school and the

01:36 needs and the gaps in that education so we have made some significant changes to our

01:41 system at school which have had a huge impact, our latest results show this and the way that

01:48 the children behave, the way that they're accessing their learning and we continue to

01:53 strive to be the best that we can so there are areas that we need to develop that are

01:58 highlighted in the report and we are already putting those things into place.

02:03 And is there a message you want to give to the pupils?

02:06 I'm so proud of them, every day they bring smiles to all of the staff's face, they are

02:13 a true delight to be part of their lives and it's a real privilege to be their headteacher.