Inchmarlo

Overview

This monitoring inspection evaluated how effectively leadership uses self-evaluation to drive improvement, focusing on staff capacity and pupils’ problem-solving skills. The report concludes that the school is “identifying and bringing about the necessary improvements in the quality of education” for the selected lines of inquiry.

Strengths

• Staff have engaged in professional learning that is “impacting positively on the quality of the children’s learning experiences and the outcomes they attain.”
• Children benefit from “excellent, well-planned opportunities for the progressive development of problem solving skills in numeracy and in other areas of the curriculum.”
• Teachers effectively develop pupils’ use of mathematical language and “flexibility in logical thinking through an appropriate focus on mathematical processes.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements are “satisfactory” and “reflect broadly the guidance issued by the relevant Departments,” with a comprehensive policy review currently underway.