Pupils at St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School have a poor quality of education. Leaders’ and teachers’ expectations of what pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), should achieve are low. Pupils do not receive a suitable education that prepares them for future success in the next year group or in their secondary school. Children in early years do not learn to read and count well enough. Older pupils struggle to recall the important knowledge that they have been taught because leaders have not planned an effective curriculum. Most pupils enjoy coming to school. They are keen to share their ideas and opinions. However, some pupils talk over each other and their teachers. This behaviour is a distraction for others, especially children in early years and pupils in key stage 1. Pupils learn to play musical instruments. They participate in different sports and visit local places of interest. Yet other aspects of pupils’ personal development, such as their understanding of British values, are not consistently secure. Pupils do not know enough about the potential safeguarding risks that they may face in their everyday lives. They are not taught how to keep themselves safe. However, they do trust adults in the school. They are willing to share their worries with adults in the hope that they will help. Despite pupils feeling that staff would deal with incidents of bullying effectively, there is no agreed approach to tackling harmful behaviour in school. This means that pupils’ confidence in staff is not borne out in reality.