WAUNARLWYDD PRIMARY SCHOOL

Overview

Waunarlwydd Primary School is described as a happy and inclusive community where most pupils make strong progress and achieve well, particularly in speaking, listening, and numeracy. The school’s ethos is characterised by a deep understanding of children’s rights, with pupils developing excellent leadership skills through the ‘Senedd’ system. Leaders share a clear vision that drives effective strategic planning and a broad, balanced curriculum enriched by expressive arts.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “excellent” wellbeing, with nearly all feeling safe and showing “strong and respectful working relationships” with staff.
• The provision for expressive arts is a strength, with teachers planning “very well” for skills in art, dance, film, and drama.
• Pupils develop “excellent leadership skills” via pupil-led ‘Senedd’ groups that significantly impact school life and decision-making.
• Staff create “calm learning environments” and use effective strategies, such as ‘reflect and prove’, to support pupil progress.
• The school has a “successful track record of bringing about improvements” and engages well with national educational priorities.

Areas to improve

• Increase opportunities for pupils to develop their independent learning skills at the end of the foundation phase.
• Extend opportunities for governors to monitor directly the quality of provision and the standards pupils achieve.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s arrangements for safeguarding “meet requirements and give no cause for concern.”