Longhaugh Primary

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Longhaugh Primary in December 2023 and found the school to be performing well, with evaluations of "good" for both learning, teaching and assessment, and raising attainment and achievement. The report highlights a positive school community where staff work collaboratively to support children’s progress, particularly in literacy and numeracy. Inspectors expressed confidence in the school’s capacity to continue improving and stated they would make no further visits in connection with this inspection.

Strengths

• Senior leaders and staff demonstrate "positive relationships across the school community" and work effectively together to improve outcomes.
• Children learn in a "nurturing, safe and supportive environment" where school values are evident and staff hold high expectations for all pupils.
• Effective planning approaches ensure children "learn and achieve across the school" and make "good progress in literacy and numeracy."

Areas to improve

• Staff should ensure learning activities provide the "right level of challenge" and meet the needs of individual learners.
• Staff should continue to improve children’s progress across all curricular areas.
• The local authority must work with senior leaders to ensure children in the Longhaugh Support Group receive their "full entitlement to full time education."

Safeguarding

The report states that children learn in a "nurturing, safe and supportive environment."