Clober Primary School

Overview

Inspectors visited Clober Primary School and Early Years Centre in October 2023, finding that children learn in a supportive environment where the school’s vision fosters strong, nurturing relationships. The report highlights that children are proud of their school, welcoming, and speak enthusiastically about their learning. Education Scotland is confident the school has the capacity to continue improving and will make no further visits.

Strengths

• Children’s achievements in the Early Years Centre, including ‘Clober Enterprises’ and work on children’s rights, are recognised through national awards.
• The headteacher and senior leaders support an environment where school values underpin strong, nurturing relationships.
• Staff know children and families well, working hard together to provide effective supports that address barriers to learning.
• Children are described as proud, welcoming, and engaging, speaking enthusiastically about their learning experiences.

Areas to improve

• Staff in the Early Years Centre should continue to develop working relationships to support the pace of change and improvement.
• Children need more opportunities to set targets and lead their own learning.
• Staff should develop high-quality learning and teaching more consistently across the school, improving their understanding of national standards to enhance assessment accuracy.
• Senior leaders and staff should continue to raise attainment across the school.

Safeguarding

The report states that the evaluation for ‘Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion’ is ‘good’ for both the primary stages and the early years centre.