Gnoll Primary School

Overview

Gnoll Primary School is described as a “caring community” where pupils feel safe, happy, and make “effective progress.” The report highlights a “highly inclusive” environment with strong relationships between staff, pupils, and parents, supported by “strong and caring leadership.”

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “high levels of respect” for one another’s cultures and enjoy coming to school.
• Provision for pupils with additional learning needs is “highly beneficial,” with the ‘The Rainbow’ classes noted as “particularly effective.”
• Staff are “skilful” and offer a variety of learning experiences that keep pupils interested and engaged.
• There is a “strong culture of safeguarding” and effective collaboration with outside agencies to support well-being.
• The leadership team works “purposefully” alongside the governing body to secure improvements.

Areas to improve

• Teachers sometimes “over-direct learning,” which hinders pupils’ independence and their ability to improve their own work.
• Provision to develop pupils’ writing and numeracy skills across the curriculum is “less well developed.”
• The school needs to continue efforts to improve pupil attendance.

Safeguarding

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