Ysgol Gynradd Bro Cernyw

Overview

The inspection highlights a school where “robust leadership” and “conscientious staff” create a “close-knit community” that effectively nurtures pupils’ well-being. Pupils demonstrate “positive attitudes to their learning” within a “homely and inclusive” environment, supported by strong relationships between staff and learners.

Strengths

• Leadership and staff “nurture pupils’ well-being, care and support highly effectively.”
• Pupils develop “robust oral skills” and most become “confident readers” by the end of their time at the school.
• Teachers plan appropriate opportunities for pupils to use core skills, including literacy, numeracy, and digital skills, across the curriculum.
• The “working relationship between teachers and pupils is a strength,” creating a “productive learning environment.”
• Staff interact “highly effectively” with pupils, fostering enthusiasm and providing useful feedback and support.

Areas to improve

• Increase opportunities for pupils to apply numeracy, digital, and extended writing skills across the curriculum, as there are not enough regular chances to build on these.
• Ensure teachers challenge pupils to achieve to the best of their ability, as some tasks do not succeed in doing so.
• Provide regular opportunities for pupils to develop independent learning skills, as excessive guidance at times hinders this development.

Safeguarding

The report states that staff “nurture pupils’ well-being, care and support highly effectively” and that the care and guidance provided are “very effective.”