Slains School

Overview

Inspectors visited Slains Primary School in September 2022 and identified a "caring and nurturing ethos" with "warm and supportive relationships" across the school. However, the report evaluates leadership, learning, teaching, and attainment as "weak," indicating the school requires "additional support and more time to make necessary improvements."

Strengths

• Staff have established a "caring and nurturing ethos" where children are "polite and respectful."
• The whole-school approach to numeracy is having a "positive impact on children’s interest, confidence and progress."
• Children "enjoy being outdoors," with the school’s location offering potential for "rich learning opportunities across the curriculum."

Areas to improve

• Develop approaches to "prioritising and directing improvements" to ensure all children reach their full potential.
• Improve "learning, teaching and assessment," including developing a "shared understanding" of planning and "national standards."
• Better meet the learning needs of all children and improve "progress and attainment across the curriculum, particularly in reading and writing."
• Ensure all children have opportunities for learning across all areas of the curriculum.

Safeguarding

The report evaluates the quality indicator for "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" as "satisfactory."