Hermitage Primary School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Hermitage Primary School in October 2023, finding a school where staff work very well together to improve learning and teaching. The report highlights that children are happy, kind, and respectful, demonstrating very good progress in their learning. Inspectors expressed confidence that the school has the capacity to continue to improve without further visits.

Strengths

• Staff approaches to professional learning are "led very effectively by senior leaders," enabling them to work collaboratively to enhance the quality of learning and teaching.
• Children are described as "happy, kind and respectful," showing enthusiasm for learning and pride in their school while demonstrating values well in various contexts, including outdoors.
• The school employs "highly-effective approaches" to extend learning experiences using digital technology, with children becoming increasingly skilled in using it purposefully.
• Children make "very good progress in their learning," benefiting from a "very wide range of opportunities" to achieve and be successful.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies the need to "continue to develop approaches for checking the progress of children across all curriculum areas."

Safeguarding

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