BRO BANW

Overview

Ysgol Bro Banw provides a “welcoming, nurturing and inclusive learning environment” where leaders place the interests of the child at the centre of all activities. The school’s “innovative and exciting inquiry-based curriculum” stimulates pupils’ enthusiasm, enabling most to make “strong progress” despite often starting with relatively weak skills.

Strengths

• The headteacher provides “excellent leadership” that fosters a strong team ethos, encouraging staff to “take risks in their teaching.”
• Staff offer “particularly strong leadership” and effective interventions for pupils with additional learning needs, ensuring they make strong progress from their starting points.
• Teachers plan “rich learning experiences” that allow pupils to use numeracy, literacy, and thinking skills to solve real-life problems.
• There is a “strong emphasis” on developing pupils’ awareness of their local area and Welsh history and heritage.
• Leaders provide “excellent well-being support” and encourage parental involvement through innovative community projects.

Areas to improve

• Improve attendance, as rates currently remain “relatively low.”
• Improve standards in Welsh in English-medium classes, where skills are currently “underdeveloped.”

Safeguarding

Leaders ensure a “strong safeguarding culture at the school” and promote the importance of regular attendance.