St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School in Eye celebrates after receiving glowing praise in SIAMS inspection

A primary school ‘full with the richness of life’ has celebrated after receiving glowing praise from inspectors.

St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, in Eye, was commended for a number of its strengths including its care and inclusvity in a recent Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) report.

The Church Street school, which has 192 pupils, received a judgement 1 outcome, which said the inspectors found the school was ‘living up to its foundation as a church school’ and ‘enabling pupils and adults to flourish’.

In the report it said: “St Peter and St Paul is a caring, inclusive school that lives its vision through love for its pupils and school community. This is enhanced by the support of All Saints Schools Trust, which invests in staff and grows compassionate leaders.

“Collective worship is an inclusive and inspirational time of the busy school day.

“It invites pupils and adults to celebrate achievements, hear the teachings of Jesus and explore the school’s vision.

“Each staff member shows real Christian compassion and care. Consequently, pupils are known and their individual needs understood, resulting in a school full of the richness of life.”

Inspectors said pupils and adults were treated with sensitivity and dignity because of the nurturing ethos the school had built.

The report also highlighted the school’s vision which shapes its curriculum, wider learning and planned enrichment opportunities.

However, inspectors said the school needed to create more opportunities within the RE curriculum for pupils to explore diversity within a range of beliefs beyond Christianity, so they could recognise how faiths were lived out locally and in the wider world.

Bobby Varela, acting executive head teacher, said: “I commend the staff, pupils and Governing Body on such a great inspection! There are some lovely comments in the report.

“I was really pleased to see that the great working relationship between the school and Trust was recognised.

“We are so proud that the hard work of our staff has been recognised too.”