Port Erroll School

Overview

Port Erroll Primary School and Nursery Class is “making good progress in all areas identified in the previous inspection.” The report highlights how the school community, led by a new headteacher, has effectively supported children through the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing prior recommendations. Inspectors are “confident that the school is well placed to continue improving outcomes for all learners.”

Strengths

• The headteacher has “quickly gained the trust and respect of staff, children and their families,” fostering effective teamwork during remote learning.
• There is a “strong focus on wellbeing and safeguarding,” ensuring children enjoyed “active participation” and continued learning progress.
• Staff have developed “robust systems” for monitoring and evaluating work, with “consistent approaches to monitoring and tracking children’s learning.”
• The curriculum has been refreshed to offer “improved breadth, relevance” and strong links to local employers and STEM subjects.
• The learning environment, both indoors and outdoors, is used “very well to enhance and support children’s learning.”

Areas to improve

• Staff recognise the need to “continue to reflect on the progress and impact of new approaches” as improvements are at an “early stage of implementation.”
• The team is addressing gaps in children’s progress in “writing and numeracy and mathematics,” with only “emerging signs of improved progress.”

Safeguarding

The report states that a “strong focus on wellbeing and safeguarding” was central to the school’s approach during remote learning and that plans are in place to support children facing socio-economic or wellbeing challenges.