Invergowrie Primary School

Overview

The inspection found that Invergowrie Primary School and Nursery Class provides a positive environment where children are "polite, friendly and enthusiastic to learn." While the nursery class received "very good" evaluations across all quality indicators, the primary school’s leadership and learning, teaching and assessment were judged as "satisfactory." The report confirms the school has the capacity to improve without further inspection visits.

Strengths

• The headteacher is "well-respected and valued," fostering a community "invested in improving the work of the school."
• Nursery practitioners create "stimulating surroundings" and use effective approaches that help children make "very good progress."
• Staff embed values of being "ready, respectful, and safe," supporting positive relationships and improved wellbeing.
• Children maintain "good levels of attainment" and are "proud of their achievements."
• The nursery’s leadership, learning, teaching, and assessment were all evaluated as "very good."

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should improve approaches to "identifying how well the school and nursery are improving" to ensure changes benefit all children.
• Teachers need to develop their use of assessment to "inform planning and provide increased levels of challenge."
• Staff should ensure all children have opportunities to "increase their participation in activities" to develop skills for learning, life, and work.

Safeguarding

The report states that staff ensure the value of being "safe" is embedded within the life of the school, supporting children to improve their wellbeing.