SIAMS

St. Mary's Church of England Lower School is living up to its foundation as a Church school and is enabling pupils and adults to flourish.  

SIAMS Report November 2025

SIAMS is the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools. This is also known as a Section 48 inspection. 

SIAMS provides a framework within which each individual school can answer, for themselves, three important questions:

• Who are we?
• What are we doing here?
• How, then, shall we live and learn together?

The external judgement is then made on the same three questions. 

The SIAMS inspection, in particular, focuses on understanding the theology that underpins a school's Christian vision.  It also gathers evidence on how this vision enables pupils to flourish.  

The inspection also makes judgements on religious education, collective worship, and pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) education. 

After evaluating the evidence of the above, the inspector will make one of the following judgements:

1. The inspection findings indicate that the school is living up to its foundation as a Church school, and is enabling pupils and adults to flourish

2. The inspection findings indicate that the school has strengths, but that there are also issues that leaders need to address as a matter of priority

SIAMS inspections usually occur every five years.  We were last inspected in November 2025. Attached below is the inspection report: