Parkland Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

The school provides awide variety of exciting and innovative learning experiences that developpupils' skills effectively and promote alove of learning. The approach to developing pupils' abilityto continuously improve the quality of their work is particularly effective. This ensures that most pupils respond well to feedback from their teachers and their peers.

As a result, they make strongprogress. However, in a few instances the learning environment does not always provide sufficient opportunity for pupils to develop their independent learning and problem-solving skills to their full potential. In a few cases, teachers do not always provide opportunities for younger pupils toexplore their environment and to investigate their own q...uestions.

Staff support the well-being of the whole community successfully. There are strong relationshipswith parents and families and the school provides an effective range of support, often incollaboration with several outside agencies. Provision for pupils withALN is highly beneficial.

Thework of the school's specialist teaching facility 'Y Bont Fawr' is particularly effective. Pupils arefully includedin the life of the school and nearly all make strong progress.Leadership of the school is outstanding.

Theheadteacher provides exemplary leadership workingalongside an effective team of leaders and a dedicated governing body. Together they have highexpectations for all. Leaders use a range of evaluation and improvement processes very welltosustain high quality provision at the school and to bring about further improvements.

They foster astrong culture of learning across the school where all staff benefit from a well-developed system ofprofessional learning. This has a positive impact on many aspects of the school's work.RecommendationsR1Further improve the teaching and the learning environment to support thedevelopment of pupils'independent learning skillsRecommendationsR1Further improve the teaching and the learning environment to support thedevelopment of pupils'independent learning skillsThe school will draw up an action plan to showhow it is going to address the recommendations.

School contextSchool contextParkland Primary SchoolLocal authorityCityand Countyof SwanseaLanguage of theproviderEnglishType of schoolPrimaryNumber of pupils on roll646Pupilsof statutory school age526Number in nurseryclasses120Percentage ofpupilseligible for free schoolmeals over a three-year average (Thenationalpercentage of pupils eligible for free schoolmeals over a three-yearaverage inPrimary is 23.0%)13.6%Percentageof pupils identified ashavingadditional learning needs (a)(The nationalpercentage of pupils identifiedas havinganadditional learningneed inPrimary is 16.

1%)6.7%Percentage of pupils who speakWelshathome0.0%Percentage of pupils withEnglish asanadditional language27.

2%Date of headteacher appointment03/01/2011Date of previous Estyn inspection (ifapplicable)02/09/2013Start dateof inspection15/05/2023The school has a specialist teaching facility(STF)class for pupils withmoderate to severe learningdifficulties. These pupils attend school fromacross the localauthority. The facilitycaters for pupils in Year 3 to Year 6.

Thisis knownlocallyas YBont Fawr. The schoolare also trialling their own facility for younger pupils. Thisis known as Y BontFawr.

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