Roch Community School

Overview

Roch C.P. School is described as a "caring and supportive school community, focused on pupils’ well-being." Teachers provide "exciting learning experiences" that effectively promote Welsh language and culture, while pupils generally behave well and make "steady progress" in most lessons. However, the report notes that monitoring processes are not consistently systematic enough to drive further improvement in classroom practice.

Strengths

• Teachers provide "exciting learning experiences" that "make good use of the locality and build on pupils’ interests."
• The school promotes the "Welsh language, culture and heritage well" and offers worthwhile opportunities for sport and music.
• Pupils make "effective progress in speaking and listening, developing their digital and creative skills and in learning the Welsh language."
• There is a "strong, established culture of safeguarding," with all adults having pupils’ safety and well-being "at heart."

Areas to improve

• Leaders must address "safeguarding record keeping concerns" identified during the inspection.
• Monitoring, evaluation, and review processes need to be "sharpened" to focus tightly on improving classroom practice and pupils’ outcomes.
• Classroom provision must deliver "appropriate challenges for all pupils," ensuring more able pupils are challenged and those with barriers to learning receive suitable activities.

Safeguarding

The report states there is a "strong, established culture of safeguarding," although specific concerns regarding record keeping were drawn to leaders’ attention.