Danderhall Primary School

Overview

Inspectors found that Danderhall Primary School has “confident and articulate children” who are “enthusiastic about their learning.” The report highlights the positive impact of a new senior leadership team, noting they have “improved staff confidence” and are implementing approaches that are “beginning to improve children’s attainment.”

Strengths

• Children are described as “confident and articulate” and “keen and able to have a greater role in leadership across the school.”
• The new senior leadership team has successfully “improved staff confidence” and is driving early improvements in attainment.
• Staff “work together effectively and support each other well,” recognising the positive impact of recent changes.

Areas to improve

• The leadership team and staff must “continue to develop approaches to evaluate the quality of the school’s work” involving parents and children.
• Staff should “improve learning, teaching and assessment” to provide experiences that are “creative, motivating and enjoyable” for all children.
• The school needs to “continue to raise attainment in literacy and numeracy” and develop a curriculum supporting children’s “wellbeing and social and emotional needs.”

Safeguarding

The report evaluates the quality indicator for “Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion” as “satisfactory.”