ROMILLY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Overview

Through “exceptional leadership” and collective effort, Romilly Community Primary School has achieved rapid improvement, with most pupils making “strong progress” in their learning. The school fosters a “caring, inclusive atmosphere” where pupils display “exemplary” behaviour and high levels of well-being, despite facing significant financial challenges.

Strengths

• Pupils make “strong progress” in literacy and mathematics, with older pupils producing “excellent” writing and demonstrating sophisticated reading skills.
• “Exceptional leadership” and a “significant strength” in the professional relationship between leaders and governors ensure effective management of change and strategic decision-making.
• Pupils exhibit “exemplary” behaviour, are “polite, courteous and welcoming,” and show high levels of independence and self-management.
• Provision for pupils with additional learning needs is a “strength,” with staff promptly identifying needs and creating tailored individual learning plans.
• Staff create “exciting learning environments” that capture pupils’ imagination, and digital, creative, and scientific skills develop well across the curriculum.

Areas to improve

• Improve pupils’ Welsh listening and speaking skills, as older pupils “lack confidence to speak Welsh” and staff “lack confidence in speaking and teaching the Welsh language.”
• Continue to work with the local authority to address the school’s financial challenges.

Safeguarding

Pupils “know how to keep themselves safe and healthy,” have a “sophisticated understanding” of online safety, and feel confident that staff will help them if they need support.