Glenurquhart Primary School

Overview

Inspectors visited Glenurquhart Primary School and Nursery Class in January 2023, finding a school where children are "confident and articulate" and proud of their community contributions. The report highlights "very good" performance in key quality indicators for both the primary school and nursery class, noting that the school has the capacity to continue improving without further inspection visits.

Strengths

• Children display "motivation and resilience" in their attitude to learning and reflect thoughtfully on their own strengths and areas for improvement.
• Staff deliver "engaging high-quality learning and teaching" with a strong focus on developing key skills for learning, life, and work.
• The headteacher provides "very effective leadership" in monitoring attainment and supporting all children to make "very good progress" in their learning.

Areas to improve

• Continue to develop ways to check children’s progress in the nursery to support recording of their understanding and use of Gaelic.
• Continue to focus on improving writing across the school at the primary stages.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific narrative commentary on safeguarding arrangements, though it confirms that the inspection team talked to parents/carers and children and worked closely with staff during the visit.