Pennyburn Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that senior leaders and staff work together very effectively to ensure a "strong, nurturing and inclusive culture" across the school. Children are described as "happy, motivated and proud of their school," demonstrating confidence and respect while interacting well with one another. The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required in connection with this inspection.

Strengths

• Children "show confidence, kindness, respect and demonstrate the school values of kindness, integrity and ambition."
• Staff use data "very effectively to monitor children’s progress" and implement "highly effective strategies" to close learning gaps.
• These approaches are having a "significant and positive impact, leading to improved levels of attainment in literacy and numeracy."
• The evaluation for "Raising attainment and achievement" is rated as "very good."

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff should continue to develop approaches which "further enhance pupil engagement through their interests and the development of skills for life, learning and work."
• Senior leaders should continue with plans to "track the progress children make 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 is therefore not part of this inspection.