The headteacher’s confident and robust leadership, in addition to her high expectations, has set a very strong strategic direction for the school. The headteacher has a clear vision that is based on providing wide-ranging experiences of a very high standard for all pupils. This enables them to achieve to the best of their ability in broad areas within a caring, supportive and Welsh environment. Importance is placed on respect and courtesy between pupils, and between children and adults. Teachers and support staff realise the headteacher’s vision successfully. They plan and deliver innovative and creative activities for pupils, and encourage them to improve their work continuously and aim for personal excellence. The activities that are provided give pupils excellent opportunities to integrate a range of skills completely naturally in real-life situations. As a result, nearly all pupils take pride in their school, enjoy attending each day, persevere with their tasks and make excellent progress during their time at the school. 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 Ysgol y Wern January 2018 Recommendations R1 Ensure that the improvement plan and written evaluations reflect the rigour and incisiveness of the procedures, and identify clearly their effect on pupils’ high standards R2 Ensure that continuous provision at the top of the foundation phase always challenges pupils to make as much progress as they do in focus tasks 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 its method of planning innovative learning experiences for pupils in key stage 2, based on real-life contexts and which encompass a range of skills, to be disseminated on Estyn’s website