Ysgol Felinfach

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Felinfach is a happy, familial and welcoming community.

Staff work together effectively to provide an inclusive and friendly ethos where pupils are polite and respectful. The school is a safe place and teachers and pupils undertake the role of caring for each other diligently. Pupils have a positive attitude to their work and make sound progress from their starting points.

Most pupils develop their numeracy, digital, creative and physical skills well and their work is displayed attractively and celebrated around the school. However, the reading skills of pupils at the top of the school are limited and this has an effect on their ability to write with sufficient richness and accuracy in a variety of genres. Staff have... a sound understanding of each pupil's attainment and provide good oral feedback, which supports learning.

However, the comments in their books do not provide pupils with clear enough guidance on how to improve their work. Teachers work well with schools in the area to plan an inclusive and interesting curriculum that gives full consideration to pupils' interests. Most pupils respond with curiosity and motivation and show enjoyment in their learning.

However, pupils are not always given enough opportunities to make choices about their learning and to develop to become independent learners. Staff foster a warm and supportive working relationship with pupils and identify pupils' needs well. The school is led effectively.

On the whole, leaders identify aspects of the school's work that are in need of improvement and the steps needed to realise this. They respond well to the views of stakeholders and this contributes successfully to the inclusive ethos that exists between the school and the wider community. Nearly all pupils enjoy being at Ysgol Felinfach, behave exceptionally well and treat each other, staff and visitors with respect.

Recommendations R1 Improve the reading and writing skills of pupils at the top of the school R2 Ensure that teachers' feedback supports pupils to improve their work R3 Sharpen quality assurance procedures to ensure improvements in teaching and learning