Colquhoun Park Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that staff develop "positive and nurturing relationships" with children, fostering a strong sense of wellbeing and inclusion. While leadership and wellbeing are rated "good," learning, teaching and assessment is rated "satisfactory," with specific improvements required to ensure consistent quality and robust data analysis.

Strengths

• Leaders and staff share a "shared understanding of wellbeing," which supports children’s security, achievement, and active participation in learning.
• Children are described as "polite, articulate and motivated to learn," feeling proud of their school and included in decision-making.
• Staff work "very effectively with a range of partner agencies" to provide tailored support, leading to improved social skills, resilience, and outcomes for all children.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff must ensure all children experience "consistently high-quality learning and teaching," with tasks set at the "right level of difficulty."
• Leaders should strengthen monitoring and evaluation approaches, ensuring attainment data is "more robustly analysed" to support progress.
• Staff should use "progressive pathways" to plan learning across the curriculum, making experiences "more creative and active" to ensure appropriate breadth and depth.

Safeguarding

The report states that staff develop "positive and nurturing relationships" with children and have a "shared understanding of wellbeing and its importance for children’s security," contributing to an environment where children feel included and supported.