Ysgol Bae Baglan

Overview

Ysgol Bae Baglan is described as a “supportive and inclusive learning community” where most pupils behave well and demonstrate “successful leadership skills.” While the school secures high standards of wellbeing and provides effective care, standards of literacy, numeracy, and ICT are judged as “adequate and needs improvement,” particularly in the primary phase.

Strengths

• Pupils with additional learning needs make “very strong progress” against their targets, supported by interventions that are “tailored carefully and sensitively.”
• The school fosters a positive environment where pupils feel safe, with “high standards of wellbeing” and effective peer support systems like ‘playground buddies’.
• Teachers generally foster “beneficial working relationships” and create “stimulating and interesting” classrooms where pupils of all abilities feel supported.
• The school offers a “wide range of valuable learning experiences,” including vocational courses and extensive extra-curricular activities that enrich pupil horizons.

Areas to improve

• Improve standards of pupils’ literacy, numeracy, and information and communication technology (ICT) skills across the school.
• Improve the impact of feedback and assessment on helping pupils to improve their work, as some pupils repeat errors due to insufficient monitoring of responses.
• Ensure self-evaluation processes focus more precisely on pupils’ learning and provide more opportunities for using the Welsh language outside of dedicated lessons.

Safeguarding

The report states that most pupils feel safe in school and believe the institution deals effectively with concerns, supported by a thorough monitoring system and strong pastoral care.