Eastertoun Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that Eastertoun Primary School benefits from "very strong leadership" and a "welcoming, nurturing, and caring ethos." Staff work effectively as a team, delivering "high quality learning and teaching" that results in "strong attainment in literacy and numeracy." Children are described as "happy, enthusiastic, and confident," showing "respect, care, and kindness" within a strong sense of community.

Strengths

• The headteacher provides "very strong leadership and direction," supported well by the depute headteacher and principal teacher who are "ambitious for all children."
• Staff "work very well together as a team," engaging effectively with professional learning and reflecting on the impact of their practice.
• "High quality learning and teaching" is leading to "strong attainment in literacy and numeracy."
• Children are "happy, enthusiastic, and confident," enjoying learning and achieving important skills for "learning, life and work."
• The school’s ethos is "underpinned by the school values," leading to "positive relationships" and helping children to "feel happy, secure and to flourish."

Areas to improve

• Continue to implement the school’s improvement plan to maintain high standards, including exploring ways to ensure "children’s own views are more explicitly considered and recorded when planning support."

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s "welcoming, nurturing, and caring ethos" helps children to "feel happy, secure and to flourish," indicating a positive environment for wellbeing.