Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd is a friendly and inclusive school that promotes a caring ethos purposefully.

There are purposeful working relationships between pupils and staff, which support a positive environment and foster a strong sense of learning and well-being among pupils. Pupils enjoy learning both indoors and around the school grounds and are enthusiastic during lessons and tasks. They take pride in their Welshness.

During their time at the school, pupils develop purposeful social, listening, speaking, reading and digital competence skills. Planning of the curriculum and the school environment promotes beneficial learning opportunities. Pupils' outcomes are good where planning, teaching and feedback on their work are ch...allenging and consistent.

However, planning to develop pupils' writing and numeracy skills, and feedback to target the next steps in pupils' learning, are not consistent across the school. Staff support and care for pupils well. This contributes towards the pupils' desire to learn and their resilience to persevere with tasks.

Staff encourage pupils effectively to take responsibility for their own well-being and behaviour and to embrace their happiness. As a result, the emotional support for pupils is a strong feature of the school. The headteacher leads the school purposefully and ensures that the care and well being of pupils are a priority.

This forms the basis of his vision. He works well with staff and governors to ensure that the school is an inclusive learning community, which promotes positive opportunities for pupils. However, due to his teaching responsibilities, he does not have enough time to discharge his leadership and management duties in a sustainable manner.

Overall, leaders evaluate the school's work effectively by using regular self evaluation processes, which lead to purposeful development plans. The school's monitoring activities lead to relevant training opportunities for staff to develop their skills through agreed and purposeful professional learning. Inspectors brought an issue relating to the safety of the school grounds to the attention of the school's leaders during the inspection.

Recommendations R1 Address the health and safety issues on the site, which was identified during the inspection R2 Ensure that the headteacher has enough time to discharge his leadership and management duties in a sustainable manner R3 Plan effective progression in pupils' writing and numeracy skills as they move through the school R4 Ensure that the quality of teachers' feedback targets the next steps in pupils' learning effectively