Insch School

Overview

Inspectors found that children across the school and nursery are “happy, confident and talk about their learning with enthusiasm.” The leadership team fosters an “ethos of empowerment” that positively impacts outcomes, while staff effectively utilise community partnerships and local resources to enhance learning experiences.

Strengths

• Children demonstrate high levels of confidence and enthusiasm for their learning.
• Leaders encourage staff at all levels to lead aspects of whole-school improvement.
• Staff use detailed knowledge of individual children to effectively support wellbeing needs.
• Creative use of community partnerships and outdoor spaces enhances learning opportunities.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should develop clearer measures to evaluate the effectiveness of planned changes on improving outcomes.
• Staff need to continue developing clear curricular pathways to help children build on learning as they progress.
• Leaders should support staff in developing a shared understanding of progress in raising attainment and closing the poverty-related attainment gap.
• Nursery staff should improve observations during play and implement planned interventions to support better learning progress.

Safeguarding

The report states that senior leaders, teachers, and support staff use their knowledge of individual children and families to “effectively support children’s wellbeing needs.”