Garnteg Primary

Overview

Garnteg Primary School is described as an “effective learning community” where pupils are “happy and confident individuals” with a “high level of enthusiasm for learning.” The report highlights “very strong, considerate leadership” and notes that the school successfully integrated a large number of new pupils following the closure of a neighbouring school.

Strengths

• Pupils make “very strong progress” in developing skills, with “particularly high” standards in oracy and numeracy by the time they leave.
• “Nearly all pupils” demonstrate “excellent attitudes to learning” and “very good” behaviour, showing respect and courtesy.
• Pupils have a “very effective voice” in planning the curriculum and improving their learning environments.
• The school provides “highly effective” care, support, and guidance, with tailored provision for vulnerable pupils and those with additional learning needs.
• Leadership is “highly effective,” with staff sharing best practice and engaging in rigorous self-evaluation.

Areas to improve

• Ensure that teaching “challenges all pupils at an appropriately high level” and develops their independent learning skills effectively.
• Improve the quality of teachers’ written feedback to enable all pupils to improve their work successfully.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s arrangements for safeguarding pupils “meet requirements and give no cause for concern.”