St Ronan's Primary School

Overview

Education Scotland inspectors visited St Ronan’s Primary School in February 2023, finding a school with “outstanding leadership” and a “nurturing and inclusive environment.” The report highlights that children are “very articulate, kind and supportive,” contributing fully to their learning while achieving “very high levels of attainment.”

Strengths

• The headteacher and principal teachers provide “outstanding leadership,” creating a “very strong staff team” that fosters inclusion.
• Children are described as “very articulate, kind and supportive,” actively making decisions about their own learning and encouraging peers.
• Staff demonstrate a “clear focus on improving learning and teaching,” providing well-thought-out activities that enhance attainment and wellbeing.
• Teachers assess needs effectively, ensuring all children receive appropriate support and challenge, resulting in work presented to a “high standard.”
• Staff are “enthusiastic about improving their own learning,” taking lead roles to ensure equality and full inclusion in school life.

Areas to improve

• Teachers should continue to “extend the learning opportunities for all children in the area of food and nutrition.”
• Staff should “increase the opportunities for children to experience learning that links across different subjects” to build skills effectively across the curriculum.

Safeguarding

The report states that the nursery class was not part of this inspection as it had been inspected by the Care Inspectorate within the past 18 months.