Llanfabon Infants School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

R6 Improve attendance and punctuality The school has implemented useful strategies to promote and support good attendance since the core inspection. Initiatives such as 'attendance challenge week' and celebration assemblies have raised awareness of the importance of regular attendance.

The headteacher informs parents effectively by sending out termly attendance letters and sharing attendance data in regular newsletters. School leaders monitor and track pupils' attendance carefully. This allows them to identify any pupils whose attendance is a cause for concern and to follow this up appropriately.

The headteacher works closely with the education welfare officer and follows the advice offered effectively. Leaders invite targ...eted families to attendance meetings that offer support, and this has led to measurable improvements in the attendance of a majority of pupils. However, leaders do not track the attendance of pupils eligible for free school meals carefully enough to be able to target their support for this group of pupils successfully.

The school has made helpful changes to procedures at the start of the school day. Leaders set high expectations for pupils to arrive on time and for lessons to begin promptly. Class teachers take turns to welcome pupils at the school door every morning along with the headteacher.

This provides useful contact between parents and school staff and gives a clear signal that the school day has started. It allows teachers to be in their classrooms ready to greet pupils and begin the day's learning in a calm atmosphere. These measures have improved pupils' punctuality.

R7 Address the safeguarding and wellbeing issues raised during the inspection The school has addressed all the safeguarding and wellbeing issues raised during the core inspection. Senior leaders and the governing body have ensured statutory and relevant policies, such as behaviour and toileting, are in place and have been agreed formally and adopted by the governing body. The school has identified the headteacher as the designated safeguarding person and the deputy headteacher as the deputy designated safeguarding person.

The school has effective tracking systems for recording poor behaviour, bullying and discrimination. These, together with the introduction of a positive behaviour strategy have helped to reduce incidences of poor behaviour significantly. Individual staff complete all records appropriately and store them confidentially.

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