Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones

Overview

Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones is described as a “very caring and inclusive community” where staff prioritise “putting the child first at all times”. While standards, wellbeing, and leadership are judged as good, teaching quality is inconsistent, resulting in an overall judgement of “Adequate and needs improvement”.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “excellent” behaviour, being “respectful and courteous” to staff and peers.
• There is a “high level of care and support” for children, with robust wellbeing standards.
• Many pupils are “natural and fluent speakers in both languages” with strong literacy skills.
• Pupils with additional learning needs make “very strong progress”, with no pupil leaving without a qualification for over four years.
• The school offers a “worthwhile range of relevant subject choices” and effective extra-curricular activities.

Areas to improve

• Improve standards, particularly for more able pupils, whose needs have not been “established firmly”.
• Strengthen the quality of teaching across the school, as expectations are not always high enough and tasks can be “too repetitive”.
• Improve the effectiveness of middle leaders to ensure they are “fully accountable for all aspects of provision and standards”.

Safeguarding

The report states that “safeguarding requirements meet requirements and are not a cause for concern.”