Lunnasting Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children are “articulate, polite, welcoming and proud to be part of their school community,” demonstrating a “positive attitude to learning.” Leadership is described as “compassionate,” with staff working effectively to create an “inclusive and positive learning environment.” The report confirms the school has the capacity to continue improving without further visits.

Strengths

• Children across the nursery and school demonstrate the school values and have a “positive attitude to learning.”
• The headteacher demonstrates “compassionate leadership” and is “building successfully the school’s capacity for continuous improvement.”
• Nursery children are “motivated and excited by the rich experiences on offer” and “confidently ask questions to further their learning.”
• The nursery staff team is “highly skilled” and “highly motivated and committed to ongoing professional learning.”
• Effective teamwork amongst staff creates a “nurturing and supportive” environment with a “deep knowledge of children and their families.”

Areas to improve

• The headteacher should “continue to develop approaches to school improvement planning” to focus on what will make the most difference to learning.
• Staff should “refine their approaches to planning and assessment” to ensure “coherent, progressive learning experiences across all areas of the curriculum.”
• The school should continue to develop approaches to using assessment data to help children make the “best possible progress.”

Safeguarding

The report states that staff approaches create an “inclusive and positive learning environment” and evaluates “Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion” as “good” for the primary school and “very good” for the nursery.