Ysgol Emmanuel

Overview

Ysgol Emmanuel is characterised by “transformational leadership” that has fostered a “highly effective team ethos” built on trust and collaboration. The school successfully addresses national priorities, including curriculum reform and the impact of poverty, while ensuring pupils enjoy school and develop a “strong sense of belonging.”

Strengths

• Staff provide “high levels of care, support and guidance,” knowing pupils’ needs and interests “extremely well.”
• Pupils “behave well,” engage positively with learning, and develop “good mathematical skills and knowledge.”
• The curriculum is “broad and balanced,” matching the ethos of the Curriculum for Wales and offering valuable practical learning opportunities.
• Leaders demonstrate “high expectations” and “high aspirations for all pupils,” including those in nurture and resource provisions.
• The school provides “outstanding support for pupils and their families in the local community.”

Areas to improve

• Strengthen the quality of feedback so pupils understand how to “move their learning forward.”
• Provide more opportunities for pupils to extend their numeracy skills across the curriculum, as they do not always use these skills often enough.
• Improve pupils’ Welsh language skills, which leaders have identified as an area requiring attention.

Safeguarding

Pupils develop “high levels of respect for the adults who look after them” and “trust that staff will always act in their best interests.”