Balbardie Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children are “friendly, polite and confident” and take pride in their school. While most pupils attain well in literacy and numeracy, the report identifies weaknesses in leadership and wellbeing, noting the school requires additional support and a further inspection within one year.

Strengths

• Children are “friendly, polite and confident” and “keen to share their experience.”
• Pupils participate successfully in community and charity events, developing their “citizenship and sense of belonging.”
• Staff aspire to achieve the best outcomes, supporting most children to “attain well in literacy and numeracy.”

Areas to improve

• The leadership team and staff must “take fully into account the views of all stakeholders when planning improvements” to identify needs accurately.
• Leaders need to “monitor more effectively the implementation of improvement initiatives” to ensure sustained impact on learning.
• Approaches to meeting the needs of children requiring additional support must be reviewed, including “the views of parents and children when setting targets.”

Safeguarding

The report evaluates “Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion” as “weak,” indicating significant concerns in this area.