South Point Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Pupils' well-being is at the heart of South Point Primary School. Leaders within the school have supported the pupils and staff extremely well as they moved from a former school building in the village Llancarfan to a new school building on the edge of the village of Rhoose. They involved the pupils in making decisions that affected them, such as the naming the school and making decisions about the uniform.

This has enabled them to have a positive transition to the new school, and as a result they feel, happy, safe, and secure in their new environment and have a sense of pride of their new school. Most pupils are polite and treat adults and each other with respect. Many pupils start school with communication and numeracy skills at ...or above their expected level.

Over their time at the school, they make good progress in their learning, and develop particularly strong oracy and reading skills, including those pupils with additional learning needs (ALN). However, although pupils make good progress in developing a sound competency in their mathematical skills, they do not always apply this knowledge well enough across other areas of the curriculum or have suitable challenge within lessons. Leaders and staff are at the early stages of developing a curriculum that reflects the school and the change of environment and community that the school is now based in.

The curriculum offers a suitable range of learning experiences that encourage pupils to learn about their local environment. The school plans for weekly enrichment afternoons which allow pupils to have access to a wider range of learning experiences, such as coding, forest school activities and learning a foreign language. However, there are limited opportunities for pupils to learn about the culturally diverse nature of Wales.

Leaders work well with the governing body to review the strengths and areas of improvement within the school. However, these activities do not always have a clear enough focus on the quality of teaching or how pupils can progress in their learning. Recommendations R1 Ensure that the curriculum supports pupils to develop their knowledge and skills progressively, especially in numeracy R2 Ensure that activities challenge pupils effectively so that they make appropriate progress R3 Develop the school's curriculum to ensure coherence across all areas of learning and experience R4 Ensure that school improvement processes focus more clearly on the impact of teaching, curriculum and on pupils' learning What happens next The school will draw up an action plan to address the recommendations from the inspection.