The Welsh ethos that permeates all of this school’s work is a great strength. It is a caring community that promotes pupils’ Welshness and personal development very successfully. Leaders ensure a clear direction in order to maintain and improve the very effective practices within the school. They maintain an environment of high expectations, which leads successfully to pupils’ excellent achievements and very high standards in terms of their wellbeing. Staff have a very effective working relationship with pupils and provide them with a supportive and effective learning environment. The quality of teaching is consistently very good, and teachers also have high expectations in terms of the standard of pupils’ work and behaviour. Pupils’ attitudes to learning are excellent and they show great pride in their school, their community and their Welshness. They develop very effectively as learners who are willing to persevere and play an active part in their own learning. As a result, their literacy skills are strong and develop quickly from an early age. Across the school, they speak and listen maturely, read at a level that is at least in line with their age, and write very successfully in a range of interesting contexts across the curriculum. Inspection area Judgement Standards Excellent Wellbeing and attitudes to learning Excellent Teaching and learning experiences Excellent Care, support and guidance Good Leadership and management Excellent 2 A report on Ysgol y Garnedd May 2019 Recommendations R1 Extend opportunities for pupils in key stage 2 to apply their numeracy skills across the curriculum R2 Address the health and safety issue that was raised during the inspection 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 promoting pupils’ positive attitudes to learning, to be disseminated on Estyn’s website