Brackla Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Brackla is a happy and welcoming school, where pupils and staff feel cared for and thrive. Over many years the headteacher has fostered a successful learning culture where pupils and staff feel proud to be members of the school community and want to do their best. The headteacher and school leaders work purposefully alongside the governing body to secure improvements for the school.

Together, they understand school strengths and areas for development and plan accurate strategic actions to secure improvement. Leaders have developed a culture where staff are keen to develop their own skills and teaching. Leaders work closely with partners to measure the success of initiatives.

They take a sensible and considered approach to ...change and, as a result, the quality of teaching across the school is consistently good. School leaders have worked hard to develop the learning environment to ensure it meets the needs of the pupils well. They have developed the outdoors and make good use of small rooms and corridors to create break out rooms where pupils can develop their independent and collaborative skills well.

The school's curriculum takes account of pupils' interests and reflects the Curriculum for Wales successfully. Teachers and support staff are skilful and support pupils to develop a range of skills successfully. A strong feature of the school is how teachers ensure that pupils apply the skills they have in other areas of learning purposefully.

Teachers and support staff plan together effectively. They provide a wide range of interesting learning activities and provide good opportunities for pupils to explore their own thinking and how they can approach a problem successfully. However, teachers' feedback does not always challenge pupils to improve their work sufficiently.

Staff place a strong emphasis on supporting the well-being of all. Leaders and staff work closely with pupils and families to ensure that they tailor the support they need to individual circumstances. As a result, most pupils, including those with additional learning needs (ALN), engage well in their learning, make good progress and achieve well.

Recommendations R1 Improve the quality of feedback to ensure that pupils understand what they do well and what they need to do to improve