Falkland Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that Falkland Primary School provides a "welcoming, purposeful and nurturing environment for learning" underpinned by positive relationships. Children "display the school values very well" and engage positively in their learning. The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required.

Strengths

• Children "behave responsibly and engage positively in their learning."
• The headteacher and staff work well together to create a supportive environment.
• Staff are developing "increasingly strong approaches to help them understand children’s progress."
• Staff "recognise children’s achievements well" and support engagement with the local community.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff should develop "more consistent approaches to high quality learning and teaching."
• Staff should help children "take more responsibility and understand how their skills are developing."
• The school should "continue to raise attainment in writing as children progress through the school."

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific narrative comments on safeguarding, noting only that the nursery class was excluded from this inspection as it was recently inspected by the Care Inspectorate.