Craigowl Primary School

Overview

The inspection found that Craigowl Primary School and Nursery Class provides a positive learning environment where children are enthusiastic and confident. While the nursery class was evaluated as 'very good', the primary school’s learning, teaching, and assessment were judged as 'satisfactory'. The report confirms the school has the capacity to improve without further visits.

Strengths

• Children are described as "enthusiastic... keen to learn and proud of their nursery and school."
• Staff create a "positive atmosphere for learning" with "caring relationships" that help develop confident learners.
• Nursery practitioners provide a "very good range of learning experiences" and "high standard of support," resulting in happy children making "very good progress."
• P1 pupils effectively develop skills in "creativity, problem solving and independence" through play.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff should "develop further how they plan for and assess children's learning" and review progress monitoring.
• Leaders must "improve how they measure the impact of support for children" to ensure difficulties in learning are overcome.
• The school should develop "consistent high-quality approaches to teaching and learning," including more opportunities for children to lead their own learning.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.