Ysgol Y Lawnt

Highlights from Latest Inspection

A group of children in a gymDescription automatically generatedA child and child playing with sandDescription automatically generatedA person and child sitting at a tableDescription automatically generatedYsgol y Lawnt is a successful learning community that celebrates the progress and achievement of all pupils particularly effectively.

The headteacher, with the valuable support of the governing body, provides clear and wise leadership and respects the efforts of everyone who contributes to the well-rounded education for pupils. The school's ethos is based firmly on a shared vision, which is to promote Welshness, courtesy and responsibility. As a result, most pupils show very strong attitudes to learning, take care of others and ta...ke pride in their Welshness and their school.

Teachers and learning assistants have high expectations for all learners in terms of their achievement and behaviour and support them to develop their skills successfully. They set clear learning objectives and develop activities with a suitable pace. They use a range of original experiences to engage pupils' interest and enthusiasm.

In the best examples, they use various questioning techniques very effectively to extend pupils' understanding of different learning contexts. They provide valuable well-being support for pupils, for example by taking part in weekly 'Gwener Gwenu' ('Smile Friday') activities, which have a positive effect on pupils' ability to apply themselves fully to their learning. The weekly 'Caffi Clic a Chlonc' café provides very valuable opportunities for all pupils in turn to develop and apply their real-life skills by working with members of the community, including the school's parents.

For example, pupils produce menus, cook food to be served and handle money when selling the produce and then analyse the profit. Most pupils show progress from their starting points in their skills, including those with additional learning needs. However, pupils' Welsh reading skills are not developing well enough.

Recommendations R1 Improve pupils' Welsh reading skills R2 Share best practice in teaching across the school