By John Baron
Holy Family Primary School in Armley has been praised for its welcoming ethos and for championing equality and solidarity.
Ofsted inspectors visited the school, on Parliament Road, in April and in a report published this week they praised a calm, respectful and nurturing learning environment which has led to a ‘strong’ standard of attendance and behaviour.
They said the school also met the ‘expected standard’ for achievement; curriculum and teaching; early years; inclusion, leadership and personal development and wellbeing.
The report states: “Everybody is welcome here. The school’s ethos underpins pupils’ clear understanding of equality and solidarity. Respectful and caring relationships exist between staff and pupils. These positive relationships extend to parents and carers.
“Pupils typically achieve well at the school. Disadvantaged pupils achieve particularly well. End of key stage 2 published outcomes show that pupils typically achieve better than their peers nationally in the core areas of reading, writing and mathematics. Work in pupils’ books shows that sometimes this achievement is not reflected in the wider curriculum.”
The report says leaders have devised a well-ordered curriculum: “Generally, staff teach this well, particularly in reading and mathematics.”
The vast majority of parents were extremely positive about the quality of education provided by the school, leading to pupils’ attendance being ‘significantly above’ national averages.
Recommendations for improvement from inspectors included ensuring that the curriculum and teaching – and the quality of pupils’ work – are of a consistently high quality across subjects and year groups.
Leaders were recommended to continue their work to ensure that pupils and children in early years secure the foundational skills they need, particularly in writing.
The full report can be read in full here.
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