St Mirin's Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that staff, parents, and children are “very proud of their school,” creating a “nurturing and welcoming learning environment.” Leadership is described as “highly effective,” providing clear direction and supporting “consistently high-quality experiences” for pupils. The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue improving without further visits.

Strengths

• The community works well together to support “positive relationships and wellbeing.”
• “Highly effective leadership” from the headteacher and depute headteacher successfully includes everyone in influencing changes.
• Dedicated staff reflect on and improve learning and teaching, leading to high-quality experiences.
• Effective improvements in literacy teaching mean “most children are making very good progress in their writing.”

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders should help teachers plan and assess work better to ensure activities are “well-matched to all children’s needs.”
• Staff should develop further ways to check progress in all areas of learning to provide a “clear picture of how well children make progress over time.”
• Clearer, measurable targets should be set to ensure support leads to improvements.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school creates a “nurturing and welcoming learning environment that supports positive relationships and wellbeing,” reflecting good practice in ensuring wellbeing, equality, and inclusion.