Everyone at St Dominic’s does their very best to live up to the school’s mission: ‘as children of God we love one another’. Consequently, this is a very friendly and caring school. Leaders have very high expectations for every pupil’s academic success. They place equally high importance on developing pupils’ consideration for others. Pupils enjoy coming to school. All pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve exceptionally well. This is because leaders provide an extremely wide range of exciting and innovative activities to meet pupils’ interests and develop their talents. Leaders have designed the curriculum so that pupils link what they learn to the world beyond school. For example, pupils loved the challenge of designing products such as ice cream sundaes and pizza toppings. They enjoyed presenting their products to local business owners. Experiences such as these prepare pupils exceptionally well for their futures. Pupils behave very well, work exceptionally hard and look after each other. They speak politely to each other and to adults. Pupils say bullying is very rare and inspection evidence supports this. They are confident that, should it happen, adults would deal with it promptly and effectively.