DOLAU PRIMARY

Overview

Dolau Primary School is described as a “friendly, vibrant and inclusive learning community” where pupils are proud and strive to achieve their best. The school fosters high expectations, with pupils treating each other with respect and enjoying safe, engaging learning experiences.

Strengths

• Pupils make “strong progress in developing their language, numeracy and digital skills” and access learning with confidence due to the school’s commitment to bilingualism.
• The curriculum is “broad and balanced,” featuring “engaging and exciting learning experiences” that encourage curiosity and independent learning.
• Teachers “model good learning behaviours well” and provide timely feedback that stimulates deeper thinking.
• The headteacher is an “inspirational leader” supported by “motivated and dedicated staff” and skilful governors.
• The school offers “outstanding opportunities for developing leaders within the school” which effectively impacts pupil progress.

Areas to improve

• Share best teaching practice to improve the pace of lessons, as in “a very few examples, the pace of teaching is not quick enough.”
• Enhance teachers’ questioning skills so that questioning “guide[s] the next steps in learning as effectively as it could.”

Safeguarding

The school promotes a “strong culture of safeguarding” and, as a result, pupils “feel safe at school.”