PENTIP

Overview

This is a “very caring school” where pupils feel happy and safe, yet academic standards and teaching quality are “unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement.” Leaders currently “do not demonstrate the capacity to bring about necessary improvements,” resulting in special measures being imposed.

Strengths

• Pupils are “cheerful and polite” and “play and work together harmoniously.”
• Staff have “good working relationships with pupils,” contributing to a “warm friendly ethos.”
• The school supports pupils’ social and emotional wellbeing effectively, with an “inclusive and welcoming ethos.”
• Parents value the “open-door policy” and feel supported by staff.
• Pupils make good progress in information and communication technology skills.

Areas to improve

• Raise teachers’ expectations and challenge pupils appropriately to improve standards in writing, numeracy, and Welsh oracy.
• Develop leadership capacity and improve monitoring, self-evaluation, and assessment procedures.
• Provide greater opportunities for pupils to develop as independent learners and improve attendance.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the school’s arrangements for safeguarding pupils meet requirements and are not a cause for concern.”