Airlie Primary School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Airlie Primary School in September 2025, noting that the nursery class was excluded as it had recently been inspected by the Care Inspectorate. The report highlights a school where staff know children and families well, fostering a supportive environment that drives high achievement. Inspectors concluded that the school has the capacity to continue improving and will not require further visits.

Strengths

• The headteacher and staff create a "warm, caring and inclusive learning ethos" which supports all children to attain and achieve.
• Senior leaders have established a "strong culture of leadership" where staff feel "empowered to lead change".
• Staff "creatively use digital technologies and outdoor spaces" to enhance learning and support children’s wellbeing.
• The school’s work in "raising attainment and achievement" was evaluated as "very good".
• Evaluations for "leadership of change", "learning, teaching and assessment", and "ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" were all rated as "good".

Areas to improve

• The headteacher should "evaluate regularly all planned interventions for children to ensure identified outcomes are being met".
• Teachers should ensure planning covers the "breadth and depth of the curriculum through the use of progressive pathways in all curricular areas".
• Senior leaders and staff should develop "more meaningful processes to further involve the school community in school improvement".

Safeguarding

The report states that the school is "ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" at a "good" level, though it does not provide specific narrative details on safeguarding procedures beyond this quality indicator evaluation.