Auchtergaven Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children are “friendly and enthusiastic” and benefit from “very positive relationships” with staff. While the school fosters a strong love of reading and provides high-quality early learning experiences, the report evaluates key quality indicators as “satisfactory” and identifies specific areas for development in teaching and assessment.

Strengths

• Children are “friendly and enthusiastic and proud of their achievements,” supported by the “caring approach of all staff.”
• The whole school community collaborates effectively to “foster a love of reading,” with children playing an important role in leading this improvement.
• Staff at the early level provide “high-quality play experiences” that encourage exploration and creativity, supporting good progress in learning.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff should develop “consistently high-quality approaches to learning and teaching,” including increased opportunities for children to lead their own learning.
• Staff should improve how they demonstrate children’s progress, establishing “clearer measurable targets” to check that interventions lead to improvements for those requiring additional support.
• Senior leaders should support staff to develop a “shared understanding of achievement of a level” across the Curriculum for Excellence, with a focus on raising attainment in talking and listening, writing, and numeracy.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.