Gilmourton Primary School

Overview

Inspectors found that children are “keen and motivated to learn” and engage enthusiastically, reflecting the school’s values. The report highlights “effective leadership” and a strong team approach that prioritises positive relationships, supporting both wellbeing and engagement. Overall, the school demonstrates good performance in key quality indicators, with confidence expressed in its capacity to continue improving.

Strengths

• Children are “keen and motivated to learn” and “engage enthusiastically in their learning”.
• The headteacher’s “effective leadership supports a strong team approach” and improves learning opportunities for families.
• Staff prioritise “positive and caring relationships across the school”, which supports children’s wellbeing.
• Children are “making good progress in literacy and numeracy” and experience a “wide range of opportunities for achievement”.
• The headteacher and staff “use data effectively to support learning for individual children”.

Areas to improve

• The headteacher should support teachers to “develop further the use of assessments, data and tracking of children’s progress over time”.
• Teachers should “continue to identify the needs of children who experience barriers to learning” and implement plans to ensure all children improve further.

Safeguarding

The report states that senior leaders and staff prioritise “positive and caring relationships across the school”, which supports the wellbeing of children.