Ysgol Cwm Brombil

Overview

Ysgol Cwm Brombil is described as a “caring, inclusive community” where leaders have established a clear vision focused on aspiration and belonging. While pupils generally feel safe and supported, the report notes that leaders have not yet had sufficient impact on improving the quality of teaching or leadership at all levels. Consequently, a minority of pupils make limited progress due to shortcomings in instruction and assessment.

Strengths

• Leaders have created a strong sense of belonging, with staff working in “close partnership with families and communities.”
• Provision to support vulnerable pupils is “strong,” and those with additional learning needs make “sound progress.”
• The school offers a “broad and balanced curriculum” with suitable opportunities to understand the local community and wider world.
• Attendance for pupils entitled to free school meals has “improved notably” since the previous year.
• Many pupils make “suitable progress” and build appropriately on prior knowledge and skills.

Areas to improve

• Strengthen processes to evaluate and improve the quality of teaching, learning, and leadership at all levels.
• Improve teaching quality so that pupils of all ages and abilities make “consistent progress.”
• Strengthen provision for the progressive development of pupils’ skills and ensure assessment informs planning.

Safeguarding

Leaders have been successful in promoting a “positive safeguarding culture” and ensuring nearly all pupils feel safe.