Cross Arthurlie Primary School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Cross Arthurlie Primary School in June 2024, excluding the nursery class which was recently inspected by the Care Inspectorate. The report highlights that the school is performing well, with evaluations of "very good" for both learning, teaching and assessment, and raising attainment and achievement. Inspectors expressed confidence in the school’s capacity to continue improving, meaning no further visits will be made in connection with this inspection.

Strengths

• Children are described as "polite, confident, articulate" and "highly motivated to learn and achieve," demonstrating school values well.
• Senior leaders and teachers display "very effective teamwork," successfully developing "high-quality, creative and engaging approaches to learning and teaching."
• A "robust approach" to monitoring progress in literacy and numeracy helps staff maximise progress, enabling children to "attain very well."
• A "wide variety of motivating contexts" supports children in developing important skills for learning, life, and work.

Areas to improve

• Continue to support children to use feedback to set and evaluate their own targets in learning.
• Continue to develop approaches to monitor the progress of children’s learning across all curricular areas.

Safeguarding

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