Rumney Primary

Overview

Rumney Primary is described as a "caring, nurturing school" where pupils feel "safe and secure" and behave respectfully. While there are "pockets of strong, inspiring teaching" and a supportive culture for reading, the report states that teaching is often not well-paced or matched to pupils’ needs, leading to insufficient progress. Consequently, the inspectorate has determined that the school is "in need of significant improvement."

Strengths

• Pupils feel "safe and secure" in a "caring, nurturing" environment where they are "polite and courteous."
• There is "comprehensive provision" for pupils with additional learning needs, who make "sound progress."
• A "whole-school culture of reading" supports most pupils to make "good progress in learning to read."
• The new curriculum includes "relevant, exciting topics" that capture pupils’ interests, such as discussions on apartheid in Year 6.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders must develop the capacity to ensure teaching supports all pupils to "achieve their best."
• Teaching must be better matched to pupils’ needs to ensure all groups make the progress they "should."
• Provision must be structured to enable pupils to develop skills, particularly in Welsh and digital areas, "progressively and systematically."

Safeguarding

The report states that this is a "caring, nurturing school where the pupils feel safe and secure."