St David’s R.C. Jnr. & Inf. School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

St David's R.

C. Primary School is a happy, caring and welcoming school that has pupils' well-being at its heart. Its vision for 'Learning, Loving, Laughing – Following in the footsteps of Jesus' permeates through the whole school community.

Staff and pupils feel valued and are an integral part of school improvement processes. Leaders encourage purposeful collaboration in their drive to develop the school as one where staff are continuously learning. They encourage both pupils and staff to lead individual research enquiries to support their learning.

The school leads professional learning in Welsh across the cluster to develop pupils as bilingual citizens. Throughout the school, teachers incorporate the Welsh lang...uage into their lessons to a high standard. Over time, most pupils develop strong Welsh language skills and are confident and proud to be Welsh.

Teachers have created interesting learning environments in classrooms and in the outside areas. Teachers make good use of the outdoor environment to enhance pupils' learning experiences and to develop their well-being and creativity. Pupils are thoroughly engaged in their learning and they describe their learning as fun.

Many pupils are an active part of their learning and respond effectively to verbal feedback. However, feedback does not always help pupils to know how well they are doing and how to improve their work. The school is an inclusive, accessible and supportive community.

Leaders have high aspirations for all and collaborate and communicate highly effectively with partners to enhance the pupils' learning experiences and to support their well-being. Recommendations R1 Strengthen teachers' use of assessment and feedback to support pupils during lessons and over time What happens next The school will draw up an action plan to address the recommendations from the inspection. Estyn will invite the school to prepare a case study on its work in relation to leading professional learning across cluster schools to develop the bilingualism of pupils, for dissemination on Estyn's website.