Tulloch Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that the acting headteacher has managed a period of transition effectively, maintaining a strong focus on improving children’s progress and wellbeing. The report highlights positive relationships in the nursery and strong partnerships that significantly impact children’s wellbeing, alongside very good progress in listening and talking skills.

Strengths

• The acting headteacher has "managed a period of transition effectively" while maintaining a "strong focus on improving children’s progress and wellbeing".
• Nursery practitioners have created "positive, welcoming relationships with children and families," offering family learning opportunities that deepen parental understanding.
• Senior leaders and staff "work well together" with "strong partnerships" that provide children with "rewarding experiences" having a "significant and positive impact on children’s wellbeing".
• Children make "very good progress in listening and talking," developing "strong communication skills" used well across all aspects of learning.

Areas to improve

• Develop more effective approaches to monitor the quality of the work of the school and nursery.
• Continue to develop high quality learning, teaching and assessment approaches across the school and nursery.
• Continue to develop approaches to wellbeing in the nursery to support children to have positive and respectful relationships in their play.
• Continue to raise attainment across the school and nursery so that all children can achieve their best.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s work in "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" is evaluated as "very good" for the primary stages and "satisfactory" for the nursery class.