Cornhill School

Overview

The inspection found a school with “very effective leadership” that has created a “very warm, inclusive, and nurturing ethos.” Staff are described as “highly skilled,” enabling children to “engage very enthusiastically in their learning” and make “very good progress.”

Strengths

• Leadership provides “strong direction” and fosters an environment where all children feel “genuinely included.”
• Staff deliver “motivating learning experiences” across various environments, resulting in high engagement.
• “Very effective partnership working” ensures access to “enhanced interventions” to support progress.
• Children are “kind and courteous,” demonstrating a “very strong commitment to achieve the best that they can.”
• There is a “strong approach to tracking children’s progress” across the school and nursery.

Areas to improve

• Staff should develop “progression pathways and tracking of progress across all curricular areas.”
• Senior leaders should review planning approaches for children with “part-time timetables.”
• Nursery practitioners should review the use of space and resources to reflect “changing needs of the children.”

Safeguarding

The report states that the Care Inspectorate made “no requirements” and identified “no areas for improvement” regarding the early learning and childcare setting.