Murray Primary School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Murray Primary School in April 2023, finding a school characterised by "very good" performance across all four quality indicators. The report highlights a "warm and welcoming climate for learning" driven by effective leadership and nurturing relationships, resulting in high levels of pupil engagement and wellbeing.

Strengths

• "Highly effective and motivational leadership" from the headteacher, which inspires staff to create an "open, trusting and extremely positive learning environment."
• "Very nurturing relationships and calm, purposeful ethos," where staff and children demonstrate school values, supporting the best possible outcomes for attainment and wellbeing.
• "Well-paced, high-quality learning experiences" delivered by enthusiastic staff, leading to "very high levels of engagement" and significant progress from prior learning.
• A "highly inclusive approach" to learning, where teachers use their expertise to provide rich experiences that help children develop individual skills and talents.

Areas to improve

• Continue to develop the implementation of "play-based approaches to learning in the early level" and engage with national guidance to improve staff understanding of high-quality play.
• Senior leaders should continue to develop processes for "tracking the progress of children across all areas of the curriculum."

Safeguarding

The report states that the nursery class was inspected by the Care Inspectorate within the past 18 months and was therefore not part of this Education Scotland inspection.