Llangan Primary School is an inclusive learning community. Leaders and staff demonstrate high levels of care and respect for pupils. By the end of their time at the school, most pupils achieve well. They are particularly eloquent and speak maturely on a broad range of topics. Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary. Teachers provide pupils with effective opportunities to use and develop their information and communication technology skills. They identify well when pupils need extra help or support. Many teachers use effective questioning skills to test pupils understanding and encourage them to develop their ideas successfully. However, teachers’ expectation of pupils, and the challenge that activities provide, is not consistently high enough. The school is developing a more varied range of valuable learning experiences to engage pupils. These developments are beginning to have an appropriate impact on pupils’ enthusiasm. The headteacher is passionate about her role and considers well how to develop the leadership role of other teaching staff. The governing body are also highly committed to supporting the school. However, leaders do not always engage effectively with a minority of stakeholders. The school’s processes for identifying areas for improvement are comprehensive, but not always accurate enough. Inspection area Judgement Standards Good Wellbeing and attitudes to learning Good Teaching and learning experiences Adequate and needs improvement Care, support and guidance Good Leadership and management Adequate and needs improvement 2 A report on Llangan C.P. School April 2019 Recommendations R1 Ensure that learning activities engage and challenge all pupils successfully R2 Ensure that pupils have more consistent and beneficial opportunities to develop their literacy and numeracy skills throughout the curriculum R3 Improve engagement with the stakeholders identified in the report R4 Improve the rigour of self-evaluation processes to ensure that the school identifies the most important areas for improvement What happens next The school will draw up an action plan to show how it is going to address the recommendations. Estyn will review the school’s progress