Pirniehall Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that the acting headteacher is leading effective work to promote positive relationships and develop a more inclusive culture, which is helping to improve children’s sense of belonging. Evaluations for both ‘Learning, teaching and assessment’ and ‘Raising attainment and achievement’ were judged as ‘satisfactory’. The inspectors are confident that the school has the capacity to continue to improve and will make no further visits in connection with this inspection.

Strengths

• The work led by the “highly effective acting headteacher” to promote positive relationships and develop a more inclusive culture and ethos.
• Approaches developed by senior leaders and staff to support children, including an “effective focus on nurture” and improvements to learning environments.
• Effective teamwork by senior leaders and staff to improve approaches to learning, teaching, and assessment of children’s progress.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders and staff should continue to make progress with approaches to improve children’s engagement with learning, ensuring all listen and respond appropriately and respectfully.
• Staff should continue to improve approaches to planning high quality teaching and learning, ensuring it is well matched to abilities and provides increased choice.
• The school should continue to raise attainment in literacy and numeracy, ensuring all children are supported to make the best possible progress.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific commentary on safeguarding arrangements.