GELLI PRIMARY SCHOOL

Overview

Gelli Primary School is described as a “nurturing place” where pupils enjoy a “warm welcome” and are proud to belong. The headteacher provides “strong and compassionate leadership,” working effectively with staff and governors to secure improvements. While most pupils engage well and achieve well, there are specific areas regarding writing and consistency that require attention.

Strengths

• The school offers a “reassuring learning environment” where staff take “extremely good care” of pupils.
• Pupils demonstrate “excellent behaviour” and participate “enthusiastically” in school opportunities.
• Most pupils, including those with additional learning needs, “engage well in their learning, make good progress and achieve well.”
• The curriculum is skilfully delivered, taking account of pupils’ interests and helping them develop a range of skills.
• There is a “strong culture of safeguarding” and comprehensive provision for pupils with additional learning needs.

Areas to improve

• Teachers must monitor pupils’ progress more quickly to address uncertainties in learning.
• Provision to develop pupils’ writing, particularly writing at length, is “less well developed” and needs improvement.
• The school should share effective practice to improve the consistency of provision overall.

Safeguarding

The report states that there is a “strong culture of safeguarding” within the school.