Craiglockhart Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children are “friendly, welcoming to visitors and proud of their school,” with a strong understanding of their diverse community. Staff and parents have successfully developed a “strong reading culture” where a love of reading is firmly embedded. The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required.

Strengths

• Children are “friendly, welcoming to visitors and proud of their school” and celebrate their “rich, diverse community.”
• Teachers are “improving the consistency of learning and teaching across the school well,” particularly through effective questioning and clarifying learning purposes.
• Support staff use “effective strategies” to ensure children requiring extra support are ready to learn and engage positively.
• A “strong reading culture” is established, with children described as “capable and enthusiastic readers” who enjoy sharing their reading with visitors.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should strengthen processes for assuring the quality of children’s experiences and review how they provide “individualised feedback” to teachers.
• Leaders must improve the “quality and rigour” of tracking progress in literacy and numeracy, particularly in writing.
• Teachers should strengthen approaches to providing “targeted support” matched to individual needs, while leaders extend opportunities for meaningful leadership roles for all children.

Safeguarding

The report evaluates “Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion” as “good,” noting that support staff use effective strategies to help vulnerable children engage positively in school.