Appendix 1 - Inch View Primary School
Perth and Kinross Council · 28 October 2024
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1 | Inch View Primary School, Perth and Kinross Council, 5340420 © Crown Copyright 17 September 2024 Dear Parent/Carer In June 2024, a team of inspectors from Education Scotland visited Inch View Primary School. During our visit, we talked to parents/carers and children and worked closely with the headteacher and staff. Inch View nursery class was inspected by Care Inspectorate within the past 18 months. Therefore we have agreed with the local authority and school that the nursery class is not part of this inspection. The inspection team found the following strengths in the school’s work. • The headteacher, supported by senior leaders and staff have established a very inclusive and nurturing ethos. Relationships across the school community are very positive and staff know the children very well. This enables children to feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. • Senior leaders and staff use data very well to plan interventions to meet the needs of all learners. This includes high levels of support for children who do not speak English as their first language. This allows children to make the best possible progress in their learning. • Children are very proud of their school. They value the opportunities they have to participate in a wide variety of experiences and activities. The following areas for improvement were identified and discussed with the headteacher and a representative from Perth and Kinross Council. • Staff should continue to improve the consistency of learning and teaching across the school. This will ensure that all children benefit from high quality learning experiences across all curricular areas. • Continue to ensure that all staff make best use of key data and information about children’s learning. This will support staff to maximise children’s progress in literacy and numeracy. • Within the Intensive Support Provision, staff should continue to develop further their observations of learning to ensure children make very good progress.
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2 | Inch View Primary School, Perth and Kinross Council, 5340420 © 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 Inch View Primary School Quality indicators Evaluation Learning, teaching and assessment good 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: Inch View Primary School and Nursery Class | 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. Carolanne Calderwood HM Inspector