Gateside Primary School

Overview

Inspectors found that children are “highly confident and kind” and “eager, motivated learners” within a supportive environment. The report highlights “strong nurturing relationships” and effective teamwork among staff, resulting in “very good” evaluations across all quality indicators for both the primary school and nursery class.

Strengths

• Children are “highly confident and kind to each other, adults and visitors,” with nursery children having “fun in their environment.”
• “Strong nurturing relationships” exist between staff, children, and families, supporting children to “respect themselves and others.”
• There is a “strong sense of teamwork” among staff, with senior leaders effectively guiding improvements, particularly in literacy.
• Staff take effective approaches to “identify children’s barriers to learning quickly and address their needs,” helping to “get it right for every child.”
• Children demonstrate “high levels of attainment” and make “very good progress in their learning and development.”

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff should “continue to work on areas identified within the school and nursery class improvement plan.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “no requirements were made” by the Care Inspectorate and that “no areas for improvement were made” regarding the early learning and childcare setting.