Ysgol Bryn Tabor

Overview

Ysgol Bryn Tabor is described as a school with “strong, effective leadership” and a “very happy, supportive and homely environment.” The report highlights that most pupils make “sound progress” and achieve well, benefiting from a “caring, inclusive and supportive ethos” where the “child’s voice is at the heart of the school’s vision.”

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “exceptional” wellbeing and attitudes, behaving “extremely well” and showing “very high level of care and respect.”
• The “pupil’s voice” is an “excellent feature,” with children having a “direct influence” on learning themes and tasks.
• Staff provide “thorough” and “very effective” support for pupils with additional learning needs, who make “strong progress.”
• Leadership is “purposeful” and “highly conscientious,” fostering a successful team culture and continuous improvement.
• Teaching is “Good,” with “effective” planning that emphasises local heritage and “robust” assessment strategies.

Areas to improve

• Ensure all pupils use Welsh “consistently as a means of communicating” within classrooms and around the school.
• Ensure ICT provision in key stage 2 “builds systematically on their existing skills,” particularly regarding databases and spreadsheets.
• Improve the “quality of handwriting and presentation of work” for pupils in key stage 2, as many are currently “untidy.”

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s arrangements for safeguarding pupils “meet requirements and are not a cause for concern.”