Dunblane Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that staff across the school and nursery have established a "positive, nurturing ethos" where children show respect and care. Evaluations for the primary school’s learning, teaching and assessment, and raising attainment and achievement were rated as "good," while the nursery class received "very good" ratings for learning, teaching and assessment, and securing children’s progress.

Strengths

• Staff have created a "positive, nurturing ethos" where children are "involved fully in the life of the school and nursery" and have many opportunities for personal achievement.
• Teachers provide opportunities for children to use literacy and numeracy skills in "new and interesting ways when linking learning across the curriculum."
• Nursery practitioners promote "curiosity and enquiry" through a wide range of experiences, resulting in children being "highly engaged and motivated in their play and learning."
• Senior leaders and practitioners share online learning journals with partner settings, helping children to "make very good progress in their learning."

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and teachers should review planning and assessment to ensure they use assessment "more effectively to plan children’s next steps in learning, with the right level of difficulty."
• Senior leaders should develop strategic approaches to checking progress and use information effectively to "measure children’s progress from P1 to P7."
• The nursery should continue to provide "high quality early learning experiences."

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific commentary on safeguarding arrangements.