Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School continues to be a good school.
Cragside is a caring and welcoming school. Pupils and parents are greeted by leaders at the school gate every day. This helps build the excellent relationships between staff, pupils and their families.
Leaders create a calm and purposeful learning environment. Pupils are respectful of one another and well behaved. They have positive attitudes to learning, inspired by their teachers to do their best. All pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are well supported in lessons.
‘Nobody ever gives up in a school like this.’
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Older pupils thrive in the responsibilities they undertake. They love being role models to younger pupils, doing jobs such as ‘opal playleader’, ‘lunch hall monitor’ and ‘reading buddy’ with Reception children.
Pupils appreciate the range of activities to do outside during breaktimes. Bullying does not
happen very often. If it does, pupils are confident that an adult will help them sort it out and make it stop. Pupils say they feel safe at school.
Leaders have high ambitions for pupils. They want pupils to achieve well personally and academically. There is a wide range of after-school clubs to promote healthy lifestyles and personal interests
