MAES EBBW SCHOOL

Overview

Maes Ebbw is described as a “happy community” where pupils feel “valued and safe,” with staff placing them “at the heart of everything they do.” The school delivers high-quality teaching and a “bespoke curriculum” that effectively supports the complex additional learning needs of all pupils, resulting in strong progress and well-being.

Strengths

• Teaching is a “notable strength,” enabling nearly all pupils to make “strong progress” and develop essential skills.
• Staff use effective communication strategies to meet diverse needs, allowing pupils to “share their thoughts and feelings” and engage in learning.
• The curriculum is “broad and well balanced,” with particular excellence in supporting “communication and physical skills development.”
• The school supports spiritual, moral, and cultural development “very well,” helping pupils understand diversity and their place in Wales.
• The headteacher provides “robust leadership,” fostering a strong sense of community and embedding the vision that “all are challenged to grow and succeed.”

Areas to improve

• Further develop the role of middle leaders to increase capacity across the school.
• Continue to improve the attendance of the few pupils who do not attend regularly.

Safeguarding

The report states that pupils feel “valued and safe” within a community underpinned by care and respect, though it does not provide a separate detailed safeguarding judgement.