Tuesday 4th February 2020

Dear Parent / Carer,

                                As you are aware, Kinloss Primary School and Nursery Class was visited by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education and the Care Inspectorate in October 2019.  The report has now been published by Education Scotland online for both the school and the Nursery class, and they identified the following:

 

Quality indicators for the primary school             Evaluation

Learning, teaching and assessment -                            good

Raising attainment and achievement   -                        satisfactory

 

Quality indicators for the nursery class                Evaluation

Learning, teaching and assessment   -                          satisfactory

Securing children’s progress -                                      satisfactory

 

 

The inspection team found the following strengths in the school’s work:

· The clear direction to whole school improvement provided by the recently appointed headteacher. She has harnessed the support of the school community to introduce improvements which are bespoke to the unique context of the school. Across the nursery and primary classes, the staff team introduced successful approaches to wellbeing and mental health for the whole school community. These are encouraging a more open and positive culture and ethos.

 

· The motivated staff team who are increasingly seeking opportunities to work with colleagues from across the authority and more widely. This is helping to improve learning experiences and outcomes for children.

 

· The articulate and keen children across the nursery and primary classes, who engage well and respond positively to changes in approaches to learning. These changes are helping to improve their engagement in learning and increasing their level of success.

 

The full report can be accessed here:

https://education.gov.scot/media/rknhanjl/kinlosspsncins040220.pdf

https://education.gov.scot/media/3illo0yi/kinlosspsncnurserysif040220.pdf

https://education.gov.scot/media/hhhffhf3/kinlosspsncprimarysif040220.pdf

https://education.gov.scot/media/ezanwf5m/kinlosspsncaie040220.pdf

 

Since the Inspection, all school and nursery staff have started to work on and implement the recommendations from the report to ensure that as a school community, we continue to move forward and provide the best educational experiences for all of our pupils at Kinloss Primary School and Nursery. Thank you again to all of the staff, pupils and parents whose hard work and dedication helped make this such a successful inspection for our school.

 

I would like to personally thank all of the Kinloss Primary School and Nursery staff, for their continued hard work every single day and the difference that they make to the learning experiences of all of our children here at Kinloss and I am very pleased that this was recognised and reported on by the Inspection team.

                                 

Thank you for your continued support of Kinloss Primary School and Nursery,

 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Rachel Wolford

Head Teacher

	Kinloss Primary School and Nursery Inspection Report	[pdf 264KB]
	Kinloss Primary School Summarised Inspection Findings	[pdf 355KB]
	Kinloss Primary School and Nursery Summarised Inspection Findings	[pdf 355KB]
	Kinloss Primary School and Nursery Additional Inspection Evidence	[pdf 436KB]