LLANSANTFFRAID C.I.W.A.

Overview

Nearly all pupils are eager to attend school, speaking with pride about their education and fully embracing the school’s values. The school places pupils' well-being and emotional development at the centre of its work, fostering strong relationships between staff, pupils, and parents. Leaders provide compassionate leadership, ensuring the curriculum reflects the ambitions of the Curriculum for Wales and the needs of the community.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate "high levels of resilience and positive attitudes to learning" and feel safe and well cared for.
• Staff provide "exciting learning experiences" and use thoughtful approaches to enhance learning, reflecting a "reflective learning organisation."
• The school’s "family-centred, ethos" significantly shapes how it supports and guides pupils' development.
• Partnerships with parents and outside agencies are effective, and staff show an "eagerness to improve their professional skills."
• Work to develop pupils’ reading skills has been "highly effective," leading to improvements in provision and progress.

Areas to improve

• Leaders and staff recognise the need to create "more opportunities for pupils to extend their writing independently" to further improve progress.

Safeguarding

Pupils feel safe and well cared for, trusting that staff will always support them through difficult times, with welfare placed at the centre of school life.