Coedylan Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Over time, leadership at all levels at the school has not been effective enough. This has led to poor teaching and learning experiences that limit pupils' progress during their time at school. Currently the school has interim leadership arrangements that are beginning to have a positive influence on a few aspects of the school's work.

However, these arrangements have not had time to address the many long-standing deficiencies at the school, particularly in teaching and learning. Overall, the school's curriculum and the delivery of it do not support pupils to make sufficient progress. Staff do not ensure that pupils develop their skills progressively as they move through the school.

Provision for pupils with additional lear...ning needs (ALN) does not support this group of learners well enough. School leaders ensure that provision for pupils' personal and social development is beneficial in helping them to understand how to stay safe and reflect on important values such as kindness and respect. Pupils at Coed-y-Lan Primary School show respect and consideration to each other, staff and visitors.

They are courteous and polite and nearly all of them behave impeccably. Pupils in leadership roles take their responsibilities seriously. They have helped to improve the school through deciding on new playground equipment and discussing how to improve parking outside the school gates.

They promote aspects of safety in school well. However, these groups have been established very recently and it is therefore too early to measure their impact. The interim leadership team has begun to evaluate the school's provision appropriately.

This has enabled them to establish a realistic picture of the school's strengths and areas for improvement. However, due to staffing instability, they have not been able to share responsibilities effectively among staff or build a whole-school ethos, where staff feel valued for their contributions. A safeguarding issue was brought to the attention of the school during the inspection.

Recommendations R1 Improve leadership at all levels R2 Improve teaching and assessment across the school R3 Improve the curriculum and provision for the progressive development of pupils' skills R4 Improve provision for pupils with ALN R5 Address the safeguarding issue that was identified during the inspection What happens next In accordance with the Education Act 2005, HMCI is of the opinion that special measures are required in relation to this school. The school will draw up an action plan to show how it is going to address the recommendations. Estyn will monitor the school's progress on a termly basis.