Dalmilling Primary School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Dalmilling Primary School in December 2024, finding a school with a "warm, welcoming and caring school ethos" underpinned by nurturing relationships. The report evaluates the school’s work on "Learning, teaching and assessment" and "Raising attainment and achievement" as "good," noting that staff are effectively using professional learning to improve teaching and that children are making increased progress in reading.

Strengths

• A "warm, welcoming and caring school ethos" where children and staff are "kind and support each other well" within an "inclusive school community."
• An "accessible, supportive learning environment" with "engaging lessons," leading to children being "motivated about their learning" and making "increased progress in reading."
• "Strong partnership working" with agencies and organisations, providing children with a "wide range of supports, experiences and achievement opportunities."
• "Effective work of all staff to improve school attendance levels" through "whole school and targeted approaches," which is "positively impacting on outcomes for children."

Areas to improve

• "Review and develop further approaches to planning and tracking children’s progress" to ensure all children receive the "most appropriate pace of learning."
• "Continue to ensure that targets for children requiring additional support are monitored regularly" and improve how progress is "measured and recorded."
• "Continue to raise attainment in literacy and numeracy across the school."

Safeguarding

The report highlights a "warm, welcoming and caring school ethos" with "nurturing relationships" and notes that children benefit from a "wide range of supports" provided through strong partnership working with external agencies.