Ysgol Pontrobert

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Pontrobert is a happy, homely and extremely hardworking place where the whole school community works together successfully and pupils make sound progress. The headteacher, members of the governing body and all staff work together closely and effectively to improve provision for the benefit of pupils.

The school focuses successfully on promoting pupils' awareness of their local area, its history and traditions. Pupils demonstrate pride in their heritage and enjoy learning about famous people from the area and place them in a wider context. Pupils' oral skills are a strength and their reading and writing skills develop very well.

A strong culture of promoting oral skills has been embedded firmly in the school and pupil...s express themselves confidently and with a good level of accuracy. Many pupils write to a high standard and, by the top of the school, they create various genres very maturely. Their numeracy skills are sound and they use digital equipment and software effectively to support their work.

All older pupils are members of different pupil groups, which supports their peers to understand the importance of using the Welsh language and support them to gain confidence in using digital equipment. This creates a strong sense of belonging. There is a very supportive working relationship between adults and pupils and this builds pupils' confidence successfully.

Their behaviour is excellent and they demonstrate exceptionally positive attitudes towards their learning. They are eager to do their best and persevere when tasks challenge them. An excellent feature of the school's work is the way in which teachers develop opportunities for pupils to select various activities that nurture their independence successfully.

This work is a means for pupils to develop their skills and suggest how they would like to interpret the tasks. As a result, many pupils develop as skilful and independent individuals. The school provides an effective range of support to support pupils' well-being and supports their learning needs successfully.

Recommendations R1 Provide timely opportunities for pupils to respond to feedback to develop their work further