Dalry Primary School

Overview

The inspection found that the acting headteacher has worked to build positive relationships and bring stability, with parents becoming more involved. Children are taking greater leadership roles, and nursery practitioners have developed nurturing environments. However, the report identifies significant weaknesses in leadership, learning, teaching, and wellbeing, requiring immediate action and additional support from the local authority.

Strengths

• The acting headteacher has built "positive relationships between the school and parents" and taken steps to "bring stability to the school."
• Children are taking a "greater leadership role" and are proud of the work of "pupil voice groups in bringing about positive changes."
• Nursery practitioners have developed "nurturing and interesting environments" with "inviting and exciting spaces" for play and learning.

Areas to improve

• The acting headteacher must create an improvement plan that "reflects accurately the improvement priorities" and ensure actions are "clear and are regularly monitored and evaluated."
• Immediate action is needed to ensure all children access their "entitlement to experience learning across all areas of the curriculum" based on Curriculum for Excellence.
• Staff must improve the "quality of learning and teaching," maximise learning time, and develop approaches to support children requiring additional support with "appropriate plans in place."

Safeguarding

The report states that the evaluation for "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" was "unsatisfactory" for both the primary school and the nursery class.