Burry Port Community Primary

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Burry Port Primary school is a caring, inclusive school at the heart of its community.

The school collaborates well with all staff, parents, governors and members of the community, and this has helped to shape the school vision and motto “Guiding Brighter Futures.” Nearly all pupils feel well supported by staff, and many older pupils undertake their leadership roles with enthusiasm and dedication. Pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) including those in the specialist provision classes, make good progress from their starting points, especially in literacy and numeracy.

However, provision to develop pupils' Welsh oracy skills across the school is inconsistent. The school actively engages with a range of external partn...ers to improve support for pupils, share practice and to develop provision. Parents and the governing body are very supportive of the school and value the information they receive.

There is a strong culture of safeguarding and the school effectively supports vulnerable pupils, thereby fostering an inclusive environment. Learning is particularly successful where the teaching and feedback to pupils are purposeful and challenge pupils to perform at their best. This helps many pupils to make strong progress in developing their listening, speaking, reading and number skills.

However, the quality of teaching and feedback is too variable across the school. Overall, teachers do not always plan activities which are engaging or matched to the needs of the pupils in the older classes and this tends to lead to low level disruption. Leaders share responsibilities effectively among staff and provide beneficial opportunities for professional learning.

This contributes to a progressive whole-school ethos, where staff and pupils feel valued for their contributions to the life of the school. A majority of self-evaluation activities are robust and identify well a range of strengths and areas for improvement. However, leaders do not always focus well enough on specific areas for improvement, such as to ensure consistency in the quality of teaching across the school.

Recommendations R1 Address the inconsistencies in the quality of teaching and provide appropriate challenges for pupils to achieve to the best of their ability R2 Ensure that monitoring activities focus on improving the quality of teaching and assessment R3 Improve pupils' Welsh language skills in the older classes and pupils' digital skills across the school