Coed Glas Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Pupils benefit from well-being sessions provided at the beginning of every day. These sessionssupport them to develop their social skills and engage in learning.

The nurture support provided inthe 'Nest' is a highly effective provision to best meet the well-being needs ofpupils. In general,with the support of skilful and well-trained staff, many pupils make suitable progress in developingtheir skills during their time at the school.A strength of the school is how the staff work together as a team to provide an attractiveand calmlearning environment for pupils.

A particular strong feature of the provision are the authentic andpurposeful experiencesthat are provided for nursery age children. The enhanced understanding ofchil...d development encourages staff to adapt provision consistently tobest meet the children'sstage of development.This supports children effectively to develop their language andindependent learning skills within a short period of time.

Overall, teachers plan literacy, numeracy and digital activities through established routines and structured sessions to support pupils to make progress in these skills. However, teachers do notalways deliver meaningful opportunities for pupils to use and apply these skills in child-initiated and engaging learning contexts across the curriculum. As a result, a minority of pupils do not makethe progress of which they are capable, for example in speaking Welsh, developing their writingand applying digital skills.

Leaders have a clear vision and a strong understandingof the strengths and areas for developmentof the school. The effective and compassionate leadership of the acting headteacher is based onhighaspirations and support for pupils and their families. As a result, the school is an integral and an importantpart of the diverse community.

RecommendationsRecommendationsR2Provide meaningful opportunities for pupils to useand apply their literacy,numeracy and digitalskills across the curriculumR3 Improve pupils'Welsh oracy skillsWhathappensnextThe school will draw up an action plan to address the recommendations from the inspection.Estyn will invite the school to prepare a case study fordissemination on Estyn's website on itswork in relation to:1.Providingauthentic and engaging experiences in the nursery provisionto inspire children'slove of learning and develop their independent skills2.

Supporting the well-being of pupils throughself-referral to the school's highly effective nurturing 'Nest' provisionSchool contextSchool contextCoed Glas Primary SchoolLocal authorityCardiff CouncilLanguage ofthe providerEnglishType of schoolPrimaryNumberof pupils on roll529Pupils of statutory school age422Number in nursery classes54Percentage of pupils eligible for free school mealsover a three-year average(The nationalpercentage of pupilseligible for free school meals overathree-year average inPrimary is 23.0%)28.7%Percentage of pupils identified ashaving additional learning needs (a) (The national percentage ofpupils identified as having an additional learning need inPrimary is 16.

1%)11.4%Percentage of pupils who speakWelshat home0.0%Percentage of pupils with English asan additional language23.

7%Date of headteacher appointmentSeptember 2022Date of previous Estyn inspection (ifapplicable)14/10/2014Start date of inspection30/01/2023© Crown Copyright 2023:This report may be re used free of charge in any format or mediumprovided thatit is re used accuratelyand notused ina misleading context.The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyrightand the title of the report specified.Publication date: 03/04/2023Please note that the photographsdisplayed may not be of the school that isthe subject of thisreport.