Llandinam C.P. School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Llandinam Primary School is a friendly and caring learning community. Pupils thrive at the school, developing confidence and a strong understanding of their place in their locality.

Adults at the school know the pupils and their families very well and work diligently to ensure that they meet their needs in many ways, for example in developing effective digital skills. However, in other areas they don't develop as strongly, such as in improving their reading and mathematical skills when in the younger class. The school takes good advantage of the local area to provide pupils with interesting learning opportunities.

Teachers draw upon features, such as the nearby river, and weave these into the pupils' learning experiences c...leverly. This gives pupils a strong understanding of areas, such as the local wildlife and geography. While this engages pupils well, not all teachers challenge pupils consistently or develop their independence well enough.

Leaders work tirelessly to ensure that all pupils receive high levels of care. They encourage and support all adults at the school to do the same and this creates a highly supportive school community. However, the school's teaching and leadership structure means that the acting headteacher is not able to monitor the quality of teaching and learning effectively or focus on taking forward improvement priorities as well as she would like.

This includes making sure that all staff have a strong enough understanding of their role in safeguarding procedures. Recommendations R1 Ensure that all staff have a strong understanding of their role in safeguarding processes R2 Put in place appropriate strategic leadership to take forward improvement priorities, and to lead and manage staff effectively R3 Improve approaches to teaching, and pupils' reading and mathematical skills, in the younger class R4 Ensure that the curriculum, and the structure of the school day, supports the systematic development of pupils' knowledge, skills and understanding What happens next The school will draw up an action plan which shows how it is going to address the recommendations. Estyn will work with the local authority to review the school's progress.