Carmyllie Primary School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Carmyllie Primary School and Nursery Class in September 2023. The report highlights a school with a "nurturing ethos" where children are "confident and articulate" and demonstrate "enthusiasm for learning." Leadership is described as "very effective," contributing to "consistently high levels of progress, attainment and achievement" across the school and nursery.

Strengths

• Children are "confident and articulate," working well together and demonstrating the school’s values while feeling "happy, safe and included."
• A "nurturing ethos" and "positive relationships" ensure children and families feel like a "welcomed part of a strong community."
• Staff collaborate effectively, engaging in professional learning to secure "consistently high levels of progress, attainment and achievement."
• The headteacher provides "very effective leadership" in monitoring attainment and supporting all children to make "very good progress."

Areas to improve

• Staff should explore how best to track the skills children develop to help them "articulate fully the skills for learning, life and work."
• Nursery practitioners should develop their use of "open-ended questioning" to maximise deeper learning and increase children’s access to digital technologies.

Safeguarding

The report states that children "feel happy, safe and included in decisions about school life," reflecting the positive relationships and nurturing ethos across the school and nursery.