Niddrie Mill Primary School

Overview

Inspectors found that children at Niddrie Mill Primary School are “proud of their school and enjoy learning,” benefiting from “warm, respectful relationships” with staff and peers. The report highlights a staff team with a “strong focus on improving wellbeing outcomes” and “consistent approaches to learning and teaching” that support good progress.

Strengths

• Children “share warm, respectful relationships with each other and with staff.”
• Teachers “take responsibility enthusiastically for leading areas of school improvement” and feel trusted to drive change.
• The whole staff team works well together to support “children and families’ health and wellbeing.”
• “Consistent approaches to learning and teaching across the school” help children remain engaged and make good progress.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and teachers should develop approaches to planning for children requiring additional support, ensuring they “set and review regularly specific targets for children’s learning.”
• All staff should continue to develop approaches to ensure learning is “planned at the right level of difficulty for all children.”
• Senior leaders need to continue to evaluate planned interventions to ensure they “impact positively on children’s attainment and wellbeing.”

Safeguarding

The report states that the staff team has a “strong focus on improving wellbeing outcomes for children” and works effectively with partners to support the health and wellbeing of children and families.