Pontllanfraith Primary School

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About Pontllanfraith Primary School


Name Pontllanfraith Primary School
Address Penmaen Road, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood, NP12 2DN
Phone Number 01495 222128
Phase Nursery, Infants & Juniors
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 236 (54.2% boys 45.8% girls)
Number of Pupils per Teacher 17.9
Local Authority Caerphilly
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 generatedPontllanfraith Primary School provides a caring environment for pupils. They feel safe in school and confident to speak to staff if they are concerned or worried. Across the school, pupils' engagement with visitors, staff and each other is a notable feature.

Most pupils are polite and treat each other and adults with respect. During their time in school most pupils make very good progress in developing their speaking and listening skills. Pupils with additional learning needs (ALN), and those who attend the two special resource ba...se classes make good use of the suitable range of learning experiences on offer and make good progress in most areas of learning from their individual starting points.

On the whole, most pupils are well motivated to learn and collaborate successfully in lessons. Teachers are beginning to develop authentic opportunities which reflect the new Curriculum for Wales and its four purposes. Most lessons engage the pupils well but teaching does not ensure that pupils achieve to the best of their ability at all times.

There are few opportunities for pupils to become independent learners. Across most classes, pupils do not always have enough opportunities to use their literacy and numeracy skills in other areas of learning. As a result, they do not generally use these skills as well as they could.

Leaders have created a strong team ethos amongst staff who support pupils' well-being successfully. They form close working partnerships with many outside agencies. However, communication with parents to strengthen the learning community is less effective.

Leaders, with the support of the governing body, keep the work of the school under review suitably. However, arrangements for monitoring the quality of the school's work and sustaining improvement overtime are less effective. Monitoring activities do not always identify key areas that need improving.

For example, leaders have not identified that teaching does not provide sufficient challenge for all pupils or that progress in addressing national priorities, such as developing and implementing the Curriculum for Wales, is limited. Recommendations R1 Develop and implement effective evaluation and improvement processes R2 Ensure that teaching supports pupils to develop the full range of skills progressively as they move through the school and that pupils have opportunities to use these skills in their work across the curriculum R3 Develop effective partnerships with parents What happens next The school will draw up an action plan to show how it is going to address the recommendations. Estyn will work with the local authority to review the school's progress.

This is the lightest touch of follow-up, as it is not statutory. A group of girls sitting on bean bags reading booksDescription automatically generated School context Name of provider Pontllanfraith Primary School Local authority Caerphilly County Borough Council Language of the provider English Type of school Primary Number of pupils on roll 227 Pupils of statutory school age 159 Number in nursery classes 39 Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals over a three-year average (The national percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals over a three-year average in Primary is 21.3%) 28.

5% Percentage of pupils identified as having additional learning needs (a) (The national percentage of pupils identified as having an additional learning need in Primary is 22.2%) 10.1% Percentage of pupils who speak Welsh at home 0.

0% Date of headteacher appointment 03/09/2012 Date of previous Estyn inspection (if applicable) 10/03/2014 Start date of inspection 21/11/2022 © Crown Copyright 2023: This report may be re used free of charge in any format or medium provided that it is re used accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the report specified. Publication date: 27/01/2023 Please note that the photographs displayed may not be of the school that is the subject of this report.


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