Stepps Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found a school with a "nurturing and positive ethos" where children are "friendly, confident, polite" and demonstrate school values well. Leadership is described as effective, with staff showing a "collective commitment to improving outcomes for all children." The report confirms the school has the capacity to continue to improve without further visits.

Strengths

• Children are "kind and respectful to each other and adults," proudly welcoming visitors.
• There is a "strong sense of staff teamwork" with mutual support across the school and nursery class.
• The headteacher and depute headteacher demonstrate "effective leadership" and are "highly respected."
• The school achieves "high levels of attainment in literacy and numeracy."
• Children benefit from a "wide variety of opportunities for wider achievement," enabling meaningful contributions to school life.

Areas to improve

• Continue to develop approaches to enable children to "lead their own learning," ensuring those who require it receive a "greater level of challenge."
• Nursery practitioners should develop a "more responsive approach to planning" based on "robust observations of children’s interests and progress."

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.