Pontllanfraith Primary School

Overview

Pontllanfraith Primary School provides a "caring environment" where pupils feel safe and are generally polite and respectful. While most pupils make "very good progress" in speaking and listening and are well motivated, teaching does not always ensure they achieve to the best of their ability, with limited opportunities for independent learning.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and are "confident to speak to staff if they are concerned or worried."
• Most pupils make "very good progress in developing their speaking and listening skills."
• Pupils with additional learning needs make "good progress in most areas of learning from their individual starting points."
• Leaders have created a "strong team ethos amongst staff who support pupils’ well-being successfully."
• The school forms "close working partnerships with many outside agencies."

Areas to improve

• Leaders must "develop and implement effective evaluation and improvement processes" as current monitoring does not always identify key areas needing improvement.
• Teaching should ensure pupils "develop the full range of skills progressively" and have more opportunities to use literacy and numeracy across the curriculum.
• The school needs to "develop effective partnerships with parents" to strengthen the learning community, as current communication is less effective.

Safeguarding

The report states that pupils "feel safe in school and confident to speak to staff if they are concerned or worried."