Ballumbie Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children across the school and nursery are “polite and eager to learn” with a “strong sense of belonging.” Led by an “effective headteacher,” staff work well as a team within a “highly inclusive environment” where wellbeing is central to the school’s work.

Strengths

• Children demonstrate the school’s shared values and are “proud of their achievements.”
• Staff are “keen to develop their individual and collective skills” to improve outcomes for children.
• The nursery provides “well-considered and calming environments” that encourage children to be “curious, creative and inquisitive.”
• Wellbeing is central to the school, allowing children to “support, succeed and shine.”

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and teachers should ensure approaches to learning, teaching, and assessment are of a “consistent high-quality across the school.”
• Staff should work together to ensure children experience a “broad and relevant curriculum” that develops skills across all areas.
• All staff should develop approaches to involve children in “leadership and decision making” and help them understand how their views improve the school.

Safeguarding

The report states that “wellbeing is central to the work of the school” and that children learn within a “highly inclusive environment,” with evaluations for ensuring wellbeing, equality, and inclusion rated as “very good.”