Cefn Primary School

Overview

Most pupils feel safe and secure, enjoying school and behaving well, though overall attendance is too low. From a low starting point, many pupils, including those with additional learning needs, make sound progress in literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills. However, the report states that pupils do not develop their writing skills or their ability to apply these core skills well enough across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Most pupils feel safe and secure, knowing where to go for help and trusting staff to respond sensitively.
• Many pupils make sound progress in developing literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills from low starting points.
• Teachers work well together to develop a consistent approach to lesson planning and classroom management.
• There is a worthwhile focus on developing pupils’ social and emotional skills and teaching them about healthy lifestyles.
• Pupils in the learning resource classes progress appropriately, particularly in developing social skills.

Areas to improve

• Establish stable and effective leadership and teaching teams to reduce variability in teaching quality.
• Raise standards in writing and ensure pupils have appropriate opportunities to apply literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills across the curriculum.
• Improve pupils’ attendance and ensure monitoring processes focus effectively on raising standards for all pupil groups.

Safeguarding

Most pupils feel safe and secure, are confident that staff will respond sensitively to their worries, and have a good understanding of how to stay safe when using the internet.