Dundonald Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that Dundonald Primary School provides consistently high-quality learning and teaching, with children making very good progress. Leaders support staff effectively to create attractive, inclusive environments where pupils are confident, motivated, and respectful.

Strengths

• Children are "very articulate" and "highly respectful of each other and staff," engaging well in learning both in school and the community.
• The headteacher and depute headteacher "support all staff very well to provide consistently high-quality learning and teaching."
• Staff create "attractive learning environments which support and include all children to engage fully in their learning."
• All staff use "highly-effective approaches to raise attainment for all children," resulting in "very good progress" as pupils move through the school.

Areas to improve

• All staff should continue to ensure that all children receive learning which provides "appropriate challenge."
• All staff should develop further approaches to help children understand the skills they are learning which will "support them in life, learning and work."

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific narrative commentary on safeguarding arrangements, though it notes that the school’s work was evaluated against quality indicators including raising attainment and achievement.