Nearly all pupils enjoy school. They are polite and well behaved. However, the school’s arrangements to ensure pupils’ safety are not robust enough. By the end of key stage 2, many pupils achieve appropriate standards in English and mathematics. However, pupils’ progress varies too much from class to class as they move through the school. In particular, most pupils’ standards in Welsh and information and communication technology (ICT) are poor. Nearly all adults have strong working relationships with pupils and make good use of visits and visitors to enhance learning experiences for them. However, the quality of teaching is too inconsistent. The design of the curriculum and the school’s provision for skills is weak. Senior leaders and the governing body have not demonstrated the capacity to bring about sustained improvement over time. Consequently, too many areas of the school’s work are unacceptable. Communication from governors and senior leaders to parents and staff during a period of instability in leadership has been poor. Since his appointment, the acting headteacher has taken swift action to ensure that all teachers, including the newly formed leadership team, understand their roles and responsibilities. However, these changes are too recent to have had any impact on improving outcomes for pupils. Inspection area Judgement Standards Adequate and needs improvement Wellbeing and attitudes to learning Adequate and needs improvement Unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement Unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement Unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement Teaching and learning experiences Care, support and guidance Leadership and management 2 A report on St Peter's R.C. Primary School October 2018 Recommendations R1 Address the shortcomings in safeguarding and health and safety identified during the inspection R2 Establish stable and effective leadership and improve communication with all stakeholders R3 Improve governors’ ability to evaluate the school’s work accurately and hold leaders to account R4 Improve strategic planning and self-evaluation processes to enable the school to make and sustain necessary improvements R5 Improve the quality of teaching and assessment across the school R6 Raise standards of pupils’ Welsh and ICT R7 Improve teachers’ planning to ensure pupils develop their literacy and numeracy skills systematically and apply them in their work across the curriculum What happens next In accordance with the Education Act 2005, HMCI is of the opinion that special measures are required in relation to this school. The school will draw up an action plan, which shows how it is going to address the recommendations. Estyn will monitor the school’s progress on a termly basis