During their time at the school, most pupils develop effective Welsh communication skills and achieve well orally. When they are given purposeful opportunities to succeed, many pupils make sound progress in their reading and writing, considering their starting points. During challenging sessions in key stage 2, most acquire good English skills as they discuss, read and write. When they are given stimulating opportunities, many pupils develop purposeful numeracy skills and use them well in daily activities. Their information and communication technology (ICT) skills are sound. Teachers and assistants care diligently for pupils in a sensible and conscientious way. As a result, pupils feel safe and take pride in their school, and feel that the school is an important part of their community. They are also caring towards each other and, on the whole, respect their peers and adults. The headteacher’s leadership is based on consistent management procedures. She works very closely with the enthusiastic teachers and assistants. Governors are supportive and dedicated, and challenge the school sensibly as critical friends. Overall, leaders target areas for development appropriately through regular self-evaluation procedures and development planning. Inspection area Judgement DRAFT AND C ONFID ENTIAL Standards Good Wellbeing and attitudes to learning Good Teaching and learning experiences Adequate and needs improvement Care, support and guidance Good Leadership and management Good 2 A report on Ysgol GG Cwmllynfell June 2019 Recommendations R1 Ensure that leaders monitor teaching effectively to provide teachers with constructive feedback to improve their practice further R2 Ensure that teachers’ teaching, planning and responses to pupils’ work across the curriculum challenge all pupils to perform at their best consistently R3 Improve provision to support teaching and learning outdoors, particularly in the foundation phase What happens next The school will produce an action plan to address the recommendations from the inspection