Rhiwbeina Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Rhiwbeina Primary School is a vibrant school where staff encourage all pupils to achieve the best they can. As a result of this and effective teaching, nearly all pupils make strong progress from their individual starting points. Teachers plan an exciting curriculum, which takes good account of the views of pupils and makes worthwhile use of the local community.

They provide a beneficial range of stimulating activities which ensure that pupils fully engage in their learning. The school's use of drama and other creative approaches are noteworthy and effective. These help to bring history and other curriculum areas alive for pupils and support them to empathise with others whilst improving their communication and social skills.
<...br/>As a result, standards of literacy across the school are high. The school provides beneficial opportunities for pupils to learn about Welsh heritage and culture and to gain an understanding of equality and diversity. However, provision for improving pupils' Welsh language skills does not focus sufficiently on developing pupils' Welsh speaking skills and, as a result, most pupils make limited progress in this area.

Leaders ensure that the school meets the requirements of national reform such as the development of the curriculum and changes to additional learning needs (ALN) provision. The headteacher carefully monitors pupil progress and teaching across the school and works with governors to ensure that safeguarding arrangements are appropriate. However, processes for self-evaluation and school improvement do not sufficiently involve all stakeholders to ensure that they play a positive role in influencing and shaping school development.

Across the school, teaching is generally strong. Teachers and support staff receive appropriate professional development to support them with their work. However, the school provides limited opportunities for staff to collaborate and share best practice.

Governors work closely with the headteacher to monitor and manage the school's budget effectively. They have a clear understanding of spending plans and support the headteacher to secure appropriate resources for teaching and learning. to improve.

Recommendations R1 Improve strategic planning to involve all stakeholders and further improve the quality of teaching and learning R2 Improve professional learning to ensure that all staff have opportunity to collaborate and share best practice R3 Improve pupils' spoken Welsh