St Dominic’s is much smaller than the average primary school. Since the last inspection, the number of pupils attending the school has reduced significantly. Pupils are taught in four mixed-age classes. Since the last inspection, the school has accepted three-year-old children into the early years. They commonly attend the setting two or three mornings a week. Numbers in the early years are small. The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of pupils who have English as an additional language is below the national average but is increasing. The number of pupils eligible for the pupil premium funding has grown and is now in line with the national average. The number of pupils with SEND is above the national average. Since the last inspection, there have been a number of changes to the staffing of the Inspection report: St Dominic’s Catholic Primary School, 11 to 12 June 2019 Page 9 of 12 school. In addition, an interim headteacher led the school for a time in 2018. The school is now led by an interim executive headteacher and an interim head of school. The headteacher is currently absent from school and was not present during the inspection. The chair of the governing board changed in the spring and additional governors have joined the board.