Ysgol Caergeiliog Foundation School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Caergeiliog Foundation School is a happy, caring and orderly community which demonstrates strong values. Leaders, staff and pupils successfully promote these values, which are based on the school's vision that each child is nurtured to reach their full potential and to make a valuable contribution to society.

As a result, the pupils display kindness, thoughtfulness and respect for others exceptionally well. This is demonstrated in the pupils' well-being and their attitudes to learning. Across the school, most pupils of all abilities develop their skills confidently and apply their literacy and numeracy in a broad range of contexts.

Pupils develop their digital skills appropriately in different areas of learning. They... develop as increasingly independent learners, demonstrating good perseverance with their tasks. They collaborate well together and respond maturely to their teachers probing questions and respond maturely to feedback from staff and peers.

The school promotes an effective reading culture, and most pupils apply their skills successfully, when researching different topics or enjoying different authors' work. The school's curriculum is broad and engaging and is developing well in response to Curriculum for Wales. Many older pupils speak confidently about the different areas of learning and experience (AoLE) and the activities that relate to them.

Pupils contribute well, suggesting ideas about what they would like to learn. However in a few lessons, opportunities for pupils to decide upon how to fulfil a task and present their work are less consistent. The school promotes the Welsh language and culture effectively through opportunities to learn about the local area, and through the way the language is used in every aspect of the pupils' school experience.

A broad range of representative groups provide pupils with valuable opportunities to become active, informed citizens and influence decisions that impact on their school experience. The headteacher and leaders set high expectations for all at the school, using well established methods to constantly evaluate provision and pupil progress. The governing body play a full and detailed role in monitoring standards and provision.

Responsibilities for leading different curricular areas and for monitoring progress are shared effectively. The enthusiastic and committed staff benefit from regular professional development opportunities and apply their learning diligently for the benefit of their pupils. Recommendations R1 Improve older pupils' digital skills R2 Ensure that teachers provide pupils with opportunities to influence how they learn and present their work R3 Ensure that teaching is of an appropriate pace reflecting the school's best practice What happens next The school will draw up an action plan to address the recommendations from the inspection.

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