Lairhillock School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Lairhillock Primary School and Nursery Class in May 2023. The report highlights effective leadership and a positive school community, noting that children are “valued members of their school community.” Inspectors concluded that the school has the capacity to continue improving, so no further visits will be made in connection with this inspection.

Strengths

• The headteacher leads effectively, with staff developing “effective ways to check the progress children are making in their learning.”
• Children’s achievements are “effectively recognised and celebrated throughout the school and nursery class.”
• The nursery environment is of high quality, with children “motivated and engage well in the range of stimulating play experiences.”
• Evaluations for the primary school’s “Learning, teaching and assessment” and “Raising attainment and achievement” are rated as “good.”
• The nursery class evaluation for “Securing children’s progress” is rated as “good.”

Areas to improve

• Continue to develop approaches to “planning, tracking and observing learning in the nursery class” to ensure all children make the best possible progress.
• Continue to develop approaches to learning and teaching to ensure all learning is “well-paced and provides all children with the appropriate level of support and challenge.”

Safeguarding

The provided report text does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.