Cross Ash County Primary School

Overview

Cross Ash County Primary School is described as an “inclusive, welcoming, and safe community” where pupils “thrive and enjoy a wide range of engaging and exciting learning experiences.” The inspection highlights a “supportive ethos” characterised by “deep mutual respect” between pupils and staff, which fosters “exceptionally good behaviour” and a culture of high expectations.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “positive attitudes to learning” and make “good progress” as they move through the school, developing a “passion for developing new skills.”
• Strong relationships create a “supportive ethos” that nurtures “exceptionally good behaviour” and “consideration for others.”
• Teachers provide “beneficial life experiences” and engage pupils well in “interesting lessons” within an “exciting and engaging learning environment.”
• Leaders have made “strong progress in developing a new curriculum” that suits the pupils and community, collaborating effectively with other schools.
• Young pupils “settle well into school” and establish “good patterns of learning and behaviour.”

Areas to improve

• Pupils “do not make sufficient progress in developing their Welsh language skills.”
• Feedback provided to pupils “does not always enable pupils to independently improve their work.”

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s leadership team, staff, and governors have established a “strong culture of safeguarding” as part of their shared vision for the school.