PROGRESS ON THE MAIN POINTS FOR ACTION

Since the inspection, progress in meeting the main CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT In the nursery, parents welcomed the opportunity to Primary School was inspected in March 2010 points for action has been monitored and supported Since the publication of the school's HMIe report in reflect on their children's learning through a variety as a part of a national sample of primary education. by the Quality Improvement Officer (QIO). April 2010, good progress has been made with all of formal and informal approaches. The quality of the The school received a good report with the following The findings of this report have been verified using three points for action. The senior management team early year's profiles indicated that staff had a good key strengths identified. the following approaches: is firmly committed to an agenda of continuous understanding of children's strengths and next steps They were: classroom observations improvement and a culture of self evaluation and in learning. reflection. The school continues to seek opportunities School ethos. meetings with the headteacher and depute to further improve the quality of learning and Good progress has been made towards meeting this Polite, well-behaved children who are keen to headteacher teaching experiences for all learners. main point for action. learn. meetings with staff groups including principal teachers, class teachers and support staff Children's progress in the nursery. ACTION POINT 2 meetings with pupils and parents Children's skills in information and ACTION POINT 1 Review tasks and activities to meet the learning communications technology (ICT). scrutiny of the school's documentation by the QIO Increase ways for children to know what they are needs of all children consistently well. and other relevant officers from the authority. good at and what they need to do next to improve Support for children in the enhanced provision. In the nursery, staff interacted well with children to their learning. enhance their listening and talking skills. Children Children can speak with increasing confidence about expressed their enthusiasm for recent initiatives, eg HM Inspectors also identified three main points for learning intentions and success criteria. They find active approaches to spelling, Big Writing and action, which the school and the authority have learning experiences to be motivating and homework. These recent developments lent jointly addressed. challenging.They are consulted about aspects of themselves to pupils being able to influence and inform the direction of learning. They were to: learning and are given opportunities to make choices about their learning. Increase ways for children to know what they are The recent approach to homework has taken into good at and what they need to do next to improve Staff acknowledge that verbal feedback is as consideration the views of staff, children and their learning. important, if not more so than written feedback, in parents. This approach allows children to choose and personalise their homework. Review tasks and activities to meet the learning helping pupils to progress. needs of all children consistently well. Parents felt that children could talk confidently about A range of challenging tasks and activities is offered Improve approaches to self-evaluation to ensure what they were learning; the progress they were through the Big Writing programme leading to children have consistently high quality learning making; and how they could improve their learning. improved outcomes for children in most classes. experiences. Parents also considered that the school was now The focused deployment of support staff to specific providing more opportunities to inform them as to year stages is enhancing the partnership between how they could support their children's learning. As part of the HMIe follow-through process, the teacher and Support for Learning Assistant, Council Education Services was asked to evaluate providing a more effective learning experience for the progress made by the school in taking forward the children. the recommendations and inform the parents about the school's progress in improving the quality of education. FURTHER LEARNING TO ACHIEVE INFORMATION A Strategy for Raising Achievement l

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