The headteacher provides innovative, strong and caring leadership. She has high expectations of herself, staff and pupils. As a result, she has developed the school as a creative and effective learning community. She receives excellent support from the deputy headteacher, and the senior team is very enthusiastic. Leaders share a clear vision for the school with all stakeholders. One of the excellent features of the school is the way in which staff work exceptionally well together. During their time at the school, nearly all pupils make very strong progress from their starting points and use their literacy, numeracy, and information and communication technology (ICT) skills very successfully in different areas across the school. Teachers provide an imaginative curriculum that engages pupils’ interest very well and has a very positive effect on most pupils’ motivation, commitment and achievement. Nearly all pupils’ standards of wellbeing, behaviour and attitudes to learning are commendable. As a result of teachers’ high expectations, nearly all pupils respond well to the challenges that they set. One of the school’s strengths is the caring and inclusive ethos that is seen in all classes, which fosters an environment where pupils and staff treat each other with respect. Inspection area Judgement Standards Excellent Wellbeing and attitudes to learning Excellent Teaching and learning experiences Excellent Care, support and guidance Excellent Leadership and management Excellent 2 A report on Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon March 2020 Recommendations R1 Improve the presentation of pupils’ work R2 Continue to share highly effective teaching across the school, the consortium and further afield What happens next The school will produce 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 how the school uses a research project to reduce teachers’ workload, and highly effective provision for pupils who are eligible for free school meals, to be disseminated on Estyn’s website