Seafield Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that children are “friendly, respectful and motivated to do their best,” supported by “strong nurturing relationships” with staff. While the school demonstrates capacity for improvement, evaluations for learning, teaching and assessment and raising attainment and achievement were both rated as “satisfactory.”

Strengths

• Children benefit from “trusting relationships and positive learning environments” where staff “understand the needs of children well.”
• Staff are “aware of children who face challenges and barriers to learning” and provide effective “one-to-one interventions and in class supports.”
• There is a “variety of ways in which children share and celebrate their achievements,” with older pupils developing “leadership skills across the school.”

Areas to improve

• Improve the “consistency of high-quality learning, teaching and assessment across the school,” ensuring appropriate pace and difficulty levels.
• “Continue to monitor the learning opportunities for all learners” within the learning lounge to maximise learning time.
• “Improve children’s progress and attainment across all areas of the curriculum.”

Safeguarding

The report highlights that children are “supported well through trusting relationships” and that staff have developed “strong nurturing relationships” within the school and learning lounge.