The school is a caring and hard-working community which provides a firm foundation for pupils’ learning from an early age, particularly in acquiring the Welsh language. The headteacher and staff have high expectations of pupils and, as a result, most make good progress during their time at the school. Staff organise purposeful interventions for pupils, which succeed in supporting them to improve their literacy and numeracy skills, and wellbeing, well. Across the school, most pupils show enthusiasm towards their learning. They respect others well and work diligently in pairs and groups. Classes are organised and industrious places in which most pupils persevere well with their tasks. However, not all pupils in the foundation phase are given enough opportunities to enable them to make their own decisions and become independent learners. Staff plan valuable opportunities for pupils to apply their literacy and numeracy skills consistently in their work. However, they do not plan purposefully enough to develop pupils’ information and communication technology (ICT) skills. The headteacher has a clear vision to realise the aim of ‘setting a firm foundation for a bright future’. The school has established a hard-working management team that has succeeded in leading significant improvements successfully over time. However, processes for self-evaluation and planning for improvement do not always focus enough on the most important priorities in order to move the school forward. 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 Good 2 A report on Ysgol Bro Helyg February 2020 Recommendations R1 Ensure that teaching and learning experiences develop the independence of all pupils in the foundation phase consistently R2 Improve provision to develop pupils’ ICT skills across the school R3 Strengthen self-evaluation and planning for improvement procedures in order to prioritise and address the most important areas What happens next The school will produce an action plan to address the recommendations from the inspection