Glais Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Glais Primary School is a warm and welcoming school with a family feel and where staff know the pupils well and strive to meet their needs. There is a clear focus on promoting pupils' well-being. This helps to make pupils confident learners who are keen to have a go at new things and to take on leadership roles willingly as they move through the school.

Pupils are caring towards each other. Older pupils give their time to younger pupils and run clubs and activities that interest them. Pupils have a powerful voice in the school and influence what and how they would like to learn as well as aspects of the school's day-to-day organisation.

Most pupils make strong progress in their learning, particularly in developing their sp...eaking and listening skills in English and mathematical and problem-solving skills. Teachers have made very good progress in designing and implementing a new curriculum in line with the requirements of the Curriculum for Wales, but a few aspects, such as ensuring that staff make pupils aware of online safety measures regularly, are currently not in place. Lessons are interesting and fun, but activities do not provide all pupils with the right level of challenge or support consistently.

Despite a period of instability, and a breakdown in a few key working relationships, leaders and staff have continued to make good progress towards national priorities, such as developing a curriculum and raising the importance of reading across the school. Leaders and teachers monitor the school's work robustly, but their monitoring does not always focus well enough on the impact of the provision on the progress that pupils make. The recently introduced opportunities for parents to share their opinions and to see their children at work on a normal school day have helped them to gain a clearer understanding of the school's work and how to support their child at home.

Recommendations R1 Ensure that there are strong and collaborative working relationships between, staff, governors and parents R2 Sharpen monitoring activities and improvement planning so that they focus effectively on the progress that pupils make R3 Ensure that teachers provide an appropriate level of challenge for all pupils R4 Ensure that personal and social education is embedded across the curriculum so that important aspects, such as online safety, are taught consistently