Nant Celyn Primary School

Overview

Leaders and staff are developing a vision focused on “pupil well-being and raising standards,” fostering a “growing sense of teamwork.” The school provides a “nurturing environment” where most pupils, including those with additional learning needs, make good progress in literacy and numeracy. However, the curriculum lacks sufficient breadth, particularly regarding digital, physical, and creative skills.

Strengths

• Pupil well-being is a strength, with a “nurturing environment” that supports personal development and “very good” behaviour.
• Teaching quality ensures most pupils make “good progress,” including those with additional learning needs and those affected by socio-economic disadvantage.
• Provision for pupils with additional learning needs is “well co-ordinated,” with swift interventions to address learning gaps.
• Staff act as “positive language role models,” helping pupils develop strong oracy skills and a “love of reading.”
• Recent refinements in maths teaching have provided more opportunities for pupils to develop knowledge and apply numeracy skills.

Areas to improve

• Broaden the curriculum to ensure the “progressive development of pupils’ digital, creative and physical skills.”
• Provide more opportunities for pupils to develop and apply skills in the school’s “extensive outdoor areas.”
• Improve the consistency and quality of communication with parents and enhance governors’ gathering of first-hand evidence.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the school’s arrangements for safeguarding pupils do not give any cause for concern.”