Our Lady of Peace Primary School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited Our Lady of Peace Primary School in May 2023, finding a school characterised by a "nurturing ethos" and "effective leadership." The report highlights a supportive environment where children are "kind and respectful," resulting in "very good" learning, teaching and assessment, and "good" raising of attainment and achievement.

Strengths

• Children are described as "caring, compassionate and enthusiastic," demonstrating "school and gospel values well" through their kindness and respect.
• There is a "strong sense of staff teamwork" that creates a "highly supportive environment" where children "engage well in their learning."
• The headteacher and senior leadership team provide "effective leadership of teaching, learning and assessment" and are "highly respected by the school community."
• The school employs "very effective approaches to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and digital technologies," allowing children to use tools "confidently" to enhance learning.

Areas to improve

• The school should "continue to use information about children’s progress in learning to ensure all children are achieving to their full potential."
• The school should "continue to raise attainment, with a particular focus on children’s writing."

Safeguarding

The report states that staff have created a "nurturing ethos that promotes positive relationships and improves wellbeing," resulting in a "highly supportive environment" for children.