HENDREFOILAN PRIMARY

Overview

Hendrefoilan Primary School is described as a “calm and happy place” where pupils “make good progress and achieve well.” Leaders and staff prioritise pupils’ well-being and achievement, fostering strong relationships with the community and ensuring everyone is treated equally.

Strengths

• Pupils are “friendly polite” and talk about their learning “confidently,” with most making good progress in literacy, mathematical, and digital skills.
• Staff have “high expectations” of behaviour, creating a “calm working environment” where pupils feel listened to and safe.
• The curriculum is “broad and balanced,” successfully supporting pupils with additional learning needs and celebrating diversity and Welsh identity.
• Teachers provide “clear learning intentions” and “valuable feedback,” helping pupils understand how to improve their work.
• The governing body is supportive, ensuring effective financial management and monitoring of vulnerable pupils’ progress.

Areas to improve

• Address “inconsistencies in teaching in foundation learning classes,” where some teachers “over-direct learning” and do not use observation well enough.
• Develop pupils as “independent learners,” as they currently do not have enough opportunities to make choices about their learning.
• Improve opportunities for pupils to “apply their numeracy skills in their work across the curriculum” in purposeful contexts.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the school has appropriate arrangements in place to safeguard pupils.”