Mayals Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

A group of children in a gymDescription automatically generatedA child and child playing with sandDescription automatically generatedA person and child sitting at a tableDescription automatically generatedMayals Primary school is a happy, caring and supportive school that places a high priority on the well-being of its pupils. Pupils enjoy coming to school and, during their time here, they develop positive attitudes to learning and a very good understanding of the importance of respecting others. There is a strong emphasis on the school's core values, which has a positive impact on pupils' attitudes to learning.

The headteacher and staff know the pupils well and ensure that they take good account of their individual needs. They rec...ognise the importance of forging close links with parents and the school has a strong community feel. The headteacher has identified some aspects of the school's work that need improvement, including designing lessons that meet the needs of pupils well, and ensuring more challenge for pupils at all levels.

Teachers from nursery to Year 2 provide a range of learning experiences that engage pupils' interest and motivate them to learn. As a result, these pupils make sound progress developing their skills across the curriculum. However, leaders have not focused their monitoring and evaluation activities well enough on pupils' learning and progress.

Too much teaching and too many learning experiences provided for the older pupils do not support them to make the progress they could make in Year 3 to Year 6. Pupils at the school behave very well. They are kind and caring and treat each other fairly.

They know that all adults at the school care for them and that they can turn to them if they face any challenges. Governors know the school well and provide good support for the headteacher. They have a wide range of knowledge and experience that helps them carry out their role effectively.

Recommendations R1 Improve the curriculum to ensure that there is progression of pupils' skills from Year 3 to Year 6 R2 Focus monitoring, evaluation and improvement strategies more sharply on improving pupils' learning and progress R3 Plan learning experiences that challenge pupils appropriately in Year 3 to Year 6