Waun Wen Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

This is a happy school.

Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel that they belong quickly. Most behave very well and take part in lessons enthusiastically. They make strong progress in their learning, often from low starting points.

Pupils with English as an additional language and those eligible for free school meals make good progress. This is because staff support them very well from the moment they arrive at the school. All staff care for pupils very well and have their best interests at heart.

They understand their needs and there are many effective programmes to support pupils' well-being and help to remove the things that make it more difficult for them to learn. Staff have a clear understanding of the commun...ity the school serves. They develop strong relationships with parents and try to include them in their children's education at every opportunity.

Leaders provide clear direction to the school. They make sure that all staff work to improve pupils' lives and get them emotionally ready to learn. There is a strong team ethos at the school.

The school building and site pose many challenges and, although leaders and staff work hard to make improvements, there are still aspects that need attention. Recommendations R1 Address the issues concerning the physical environment of the school that affect pupils' well-being identified in the report R2 Improve outdoor provision to ensure that it meets the needs of all pupils 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 removing barriers to learning, for dissemination on Estyn's website.