Ysgol Gynradd Llanfairpwll

Overview

The inspection judged the setting’s provision as ‘Adequate’ across all themes, noting that ‘strengths outweigh weaknesses but improvements are required’. Leaders foster a ‘caring and friendly ethos through the medium of Welsh’, ensuring children are happy and behave well. However, the report states that leadership ‘does not promote and maintain improvements across the care and education provision’, resulting in inconsistent progress for some children.

Strengths

• Children ‘settle quickly into the daily routine’ and ‘form a close relationship with practitioners’, which nurtures their confidence.
• Practitioners ‘promote healthy eating appropriately’ and implement most policies and procedures suitably.
• The setting provides a ‘relevant range of experiences’ and uses resources effectively to extend learning, such as through sensory play.
• Leaders ensure a ‘safe environment’ with regular safety checks and suitable facilities for younger children.

Areas to improve

• Practitioners must ‘act on the findings of assessments and observations to plan the next steps in children’s learning’ more effectively.
• The setting needs to ‘ensure that practitioner plan literacy and numeracy skills systematically across the provision’.
• Leaders should ‘improve self-evaluation processes to ensure a focus on outcomes and improvements across the setting’.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the setting’s arrangements for safeguarding children meet requirements and are not a cause for concern’, although it notes non-compliance regarding staff disclosure certificates and record-keeping.