Gellifaelog Primary School

Overview

Gellifaelog Primary School provides a "welcoming, caring environment" where staff consistently model "calm, reassuring and friendly approaches." While the new senior leadership team has a "clear vision" and has begun improving aspects of the learning environment, leadership is "not yet embedded enough" to ensure teaching improves pupils’ learning. The report concludes that the school is "in need of significant improvement."

Strengths

• The provision for personal and social development helps pupils understand how to "stay safe and healthy" and reflect on values such as "kindness and empathy."
• Provision for pupils with additional needs is "well-planned," with effective coordination involving parents and outside agencies.
• Many pupils with additional needs make "good progress" in developing social skills and improving well-being.
• Pupils in leadership roles take their responsibilities seriously, helping to improve school rules and safety.

Areas to improve

• Develop an engaging curriculum that builds knowledge and skills "systematically" and enables pupils to use Welsh and numeracy in meaningful contexts.
• Raise teachers’ expectations of what pupils should learn, know, and understand.
• Embed leadership at all levels to realise the school’s priorities for improvement successfully.

Safeguarding

The report states that the provision for personal and social development is "beneficial in helping pupils to understand how to stay safe and healthy."