Appendix 2 - Inspection Report - Moncreiffe Primary School
Perth and Kinross Council · 1 June 2026
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1 | Moncreiffe Primary School, Perth and Kinross Council, 5340020 © Crown Copyright 20 January 2026 Dear Parent/Carer In November 2025, a team of HM Inspectors of Education visited Moncreiffe 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. • The highly effective leadership of the headteacher. She fosters a culture of where expectations are high and staff work well together as a team. This is leading to significant improvements in children’s learning, behaviour and wellbeing. • Children who are confident, enthusiastic, and proud to be part of the school. They work very well together, demonstrating kindness, respect, and a strong sense of responsibility. They contribute meaningfully to school life through a wide range of leadership responsibilities. • Staff who provide engaging and supportive learning experiences that promote children’s readiness to learn and enable them to engage purposefully in their learning. • Staff who place children’s wellbeing at the centre of the school’s work. They create a nurturing, inclusive, and caring environment where positive relationships and children’s rights are promoted well. The following areas for improvement were identified and discussed with the headteacher and a representative from Perth and Kinross Council. • Staff should continue to develop and implement consistent approaches to feedback. Feedback should be clearly linked to next steps in learning and support children to reflect effectively, helping them understand themselves better as learners. • Staff should ensure that all children consistently experience their full entitlement to a broad and progressive curriculum. • Improve attainment in literacy and numeracy and across the curriculum, ensuring all children experience sufficient challenge in their learning. Appendix 2
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2 | Moncreiffe Primary School, Perth and Kinross Council, 5340020 © Crown Copyright We gathered evidence to enable us to evaluate the school’s work using four 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 HMIE’s evaluations for Moncreiffe Primary School Quality indicators Evaluation Leadership of change very good Learning, teaching and assessment good Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion good Raising attainment and achievement satisfactory 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 HMIE website at: Moncreiffe Primary School | Inspection Report | His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education in 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. Lorraine Shaw HM Inspector On behalf of His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland