Lybster Primary School

Overview

The inspection found that children are polite, friendly and keen to learn, supported by staff who demonstrate warm and supportive relationships. However, the report identifies weaknesses in leadership of change and satisfactory performance in learning, teaching, assessment, and wellbeing. Consequently, the school requires additional support and a further inspection within a year to ensure necessary improvements are made.

Strengths

• Children are described as "polite, friendly and keen to learn" and eager to contribute to school life.
• Staff know children, families, and the community well, demonstrating "warm and supportive relationships" and dedication to care.
• Nursery staff show "strong commitment and enthusiasm to improve the quality of nursery provision" through effective teamwork.

Areas to improve

• Improve approaches to make necessary changes at the right time, fully involving children, parents, and staff.
• Enhance learning, teaching, and assessment to ensure consistently high-quality experiences set at the right level for all children.
• Improve progress and attainment across the curriculum, with a clear focus on literacy and numeracy, and develop robust systems to track nursery progress.

Safeguarding

The report states that staff are "dedicated to the care and wellbeing of all children" and that the quality indicator for ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion is evaluated as satisfactory.