Appendix 1 – Pitcairn Primary School
Perth and Kinross Council · 10 November 2025
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1 | Pitcairn Primary School, Perth and Kinross Council, 5348021 © Crown Copyright 16 September 2025 Dear Parent/Carer In June 2025, a team of inspectors from Education Scotland visited Pitcairn Primary School. During our visit, we talked to parents/carers and children and worked closely with the headteacher and staff. The inspection team found the following strengths in the school’s work. • Friendly articulate children who are proud of their school and making good progress in numeracy and literacy. They develop important citizenship and communication skills in their house and leadership groups. • Positive relationships between staff and children. Staff work collaboratively to build interesting learning experiences for children. • Approaches to learning through play which provide children with varied opportunities to learn and be creative. Teachers respond effectively to children’s interests in a literacy rich environment. The following areas for improvement were identified and discussed with the headteacher and a representative from Perth and Kinross Council. • Teachers should continue to review their approaches to planning children’s learning. This should help children understand how successful they are in their learning and recognise what they need to do to improve further. • Senior leaders and teachers should ensure that approaches to assessment are consistent and robust. This should support them to track more effectively children’s progress in learning and support children to achieve the best they can. • Staff should continue to support all children to access a wide range of activities and experiences, both during and beyond the school day. They should help children recognise the variety of important skills they are developing through these opportunities. Appendix 1
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2 | Pitcairn Primary School, Perth and Kinross Council, 5348021 © Crown Copyright We gathered evidence to enable us to evaluate the school’s work using quality indicators from How good is our school? (4th edition). Quality indicators help schools, local authorities and inspectors to judge what is working well and what needs to be improved. Following the inspection of each school, the Scottish Government gathers details of our evaluations to keep track of how well Scottish schools are doing. Here are Education Scotland’s evaluations for Pitcairn Primary School Quality indicators Evaluation Learning, teaching and assessment satisfactory Raising attainment and achievement good Descriptions of the evaluations are available from: How good is our school? (4th edition), Appendix 3: The six-point scale A more detailed document called Summarised Inspection Findings (SIF) will be available on the Education Scotland website at: Pitcairn Primary School | Inspection Report | Education Scotland What happens next? We are confident that the school has the capacity to continue to improve and so we will make no more visits in connection with this inspection. Perth and Kinross Council will inform parents/carers about the school’s progress as part of its arrangements for reporting on the quality of its schools. Jacqueline Gallagher HM Inspector