Ysgol Cae'r Nant

Overview

Ysgol Cae’r Nant is described as a “very caring and welcoming school” where staff provide “high-level support and compassion,” particularly for vulnerable pupils. The inspection highlights that pupils feel “safe, secure, and happy” within an inclusive environment, resulting in most making “good progress” and achieving well. Strong leadership and cohesive teamwork underpin a thriving learning community that values pupil input.

Strengths

• Provision for pupils' “emotional well-being is highly effective” and is identified as a key strength of the school.
• Staff “adapt teaching and learning to meet the educational and wider needs and interests of pupils well,” incorporating pupil ideas into lesson planning.
• Most teaching is “purposeful” and enables pupils to develop their “literacy and digital skills well.”
• The headteacher provides “strong leadership,” with staff and governors sharing a “clear vision” for the school.
• Pupils demonstrate “positive attitudes to school,” behave well, and show “respect and courtesy” for the school community.

Areas to improve

• Strengthen provision for the development of pupils’ Welsh language skills.
• Improve provision to support pupils’ application of their numeracy skills across the curriculum.
• Ensure pupils in all classes have opportunities to decide how they respond to learning tasks and organise their work.

Safeguarding

The report states that pupils “feel safe, secure, and happy in school” and know they can turn to adults when facing challenges, reflecting effective safeguarding and emotional support.