Ysgol Croes Atti

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Most pupils make sound progress in a range of skills during their time at Ysgol Croes Atti. A prominent strength of this school is the way in which enthusiastic leaders and staff work together successfully between the school's two sites, in Flint and Shotton in Deeside, to develop confident Welsh-medium pupils.

The work of the staff to ensure pupils' Welsh language development is commendable. Leaders know the school well. This includes identifying the needs of pupils, the community and strengths and areas for improvement well.

With this information to hand, they set a clear direction for the school and operate strategically by setting sensible priorities and strengthening provision. As a result, there is robust provision i...n place to support pupils' well-being and improve standards. Provision to ensure care, support and guidance for pupils is very robust and succeeds in maintaining and strengthening the well-being of all of the school's pupils.

The good teaching and planning by teachers to provide an engaging curriculum and learning experiences ensures that pupils have positive attitudes to learning. Through this, pupils feel that they belong to the school and are keen to complete their work and persevere with it diligently. The school's work and focus to develop pupils as independent learners usually have clear successes.

They are given opportunities to influence the life and work of the school greatly, contribute to what they would like to learn and are usually given opportunities to guide their learning in lessons sensibly. However, a few aspects of teaching and planning prevent pupils from developing independent learning skills of the highest standard. The result of this can be seen in fewer opportunities for them to write at length and freely, for example.

Recommendations R1 Sharpen teaching and planning to build on best practice in terms of developing pupils' independent learning skills R2 Increase opportunities for pupils to master their extended writing skills