Inspectors praise primary school
A recent inspection of Abernyte Primary School by Education Scotland has praised the school for a range of strengths.
Inspectors visited the institution in October 2023 and assessed its work, evaluating the school as very good on four key quality indicators – leadership of change; learning, teaching and assessment; ensuring wellbeing, quality and inclusion; and raising attainment and achievement.
The report, published on December 12, notes that children at Abernyte Primary School were “polite, confident and keen to contribute”, and “engage very well and are proud” of sharing their learning and achievements, such as their knowledge of nature and the environment.
Inspectors also praised the “extremely effective” leadership of the headteacher and the work of their staff to create an inclusive, collaborative culture in the school, with an ongoing focus on wellbeing and improvement.
The school was also considered to be delivering high-quality learning experiences that led to equally high levels of attainment and achievement.
Inspectors have made one recommendation for continued improvement to the school and Perth and Kinross Council – to further extend the existing strong partnership working arrangements through links with other schools to support aspects of children’s learning to help them “achieve maximum success”.
An Education Scotland spokesperson summarised: “We are confident that the school has the capacity to continue to improve and so we will make no more visits in connection with this inspection.
“Perth and Kinross Council will inform parents/carers about the school’s progress as part of its arrangements for reporting on the quality of its schools.”
Councillor John Rebbeck, convener of learning, said: “This is a very positive report and shows the whole school is committed to doing its very best.”