LLANDAFF CITY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Overview

Llandaff City CIW Primary School is described as a “nurturing learning environment” where pupils develop effective skills in language and mathematics. The report highlights that pupils are “thoughtful and inquisitive,” enjoying learning and responding positively to challenge. While the school is working towards Curriculum for Wales reforms, there are specific areas requiring development to ensure balanced provision and sharper assessment practices.

Strengths

• Pupils speak “eloquently” and share their thoughts readily, developing “well-developed opinions” by the end of their time at the school.
• There are “positive working relationships” between pupils and staff, with pupils behaving well and enjoying taking the lead.
• Provision for developing Welsh language skills is “effective,” allowing pupils to use the language “confidently.”
• Leaders work diligently with “pupils’ well-being firmly in mind,” establishing helpful procedures to identify and support emotional needs.
• Staff receive “beneficial opportunities for professional learning” to undertake their roles confidently.

Areas to improve

• Develop the curriculum to offer a “more balanced range of learning” and stronger opportunities for cross-curricular numeracy and digital skills.
• Sharpen monitoring processes to better identify strengths and shortcomings in pupils’ learning and evaluate the impact of provision.
• Improve formative assessment practices so pupils understand how to be successful and what they need to do to improve.

Safeguarding

The report states that leaders have set in place “helpful procedures that allow them to identify and support pupils’ emotional needs well.”