Ysgol Tregarth is situated in the village of Tregarth, which is a few miles from the city of Bangor in Gwynedd local authority. There are 104 pupils between 3 and 11 years old on roll, including 13 part-time nursery age pupils. Over a three-year-period, 11.5% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals. This is lower than the national percentage of 19%. Around 57% come from Welshspeaking homes, and very few are from ethnic minority backgrounds. The school has identified around 35% of its pupils as having additional learning needs, which is higher than the national percentage of 21%. Very few pupils currently have a statement of special educational needs. The current headteacher was appointed to the post in April 2017, and the school was last inspected in November 2013. Estyn does not inspect religious education or the religious content of collective worship when it is a school with a religious character. Instead, the governing body is required by law to arrange for religious education and collective worship to be inspected separately. Further information is available from the Welsh Government My Local School website at the link below. http://mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk/Schools/SchoolSearch?lang=en 1 A report on Ysgol Tregarth January 2020 Summary The headteacher provides supportive and robust leadership in setting a clear strategic direction for developing the school. She has very high expectations and a vision that is based on providing education of the highest quality. This ensures that all pupils attain to the best of their ability in a happy, familial and inclusive ethos. An excellent feature of the school is the familial and caring ethos, which creates a closeknit community in which pupils and staff care for each other naturally. As a result, pupils feel happy and safe at school, and reflect the school’s motto, ‘Hapus yn ein Dysgu/Happy in our Learning’, very successfully. Pupils’ standards of behaviour and self-discipline in lessons and around the school are excellent. Nearly all pupils are very caring towards each other, and give mature and careful consideration to the needs of others when interacting and supporting each other in lessons and at break times. The quality of teachers’ planning is comprehensive and includes detailed references to skills frameworks, rich tasks and tasks that promote the pupil’s voice. During their time at the school, most pupils gain effective Welsh communication skills and make very good progress from their starting points. Pupils with additional learning needs achieve soundly against their personal targets. Most pupils develop their information and communication technology (ICT) skills very successfully for different purposes. 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 Tregarth January 2020 Recommendations R1 Ensure that pupils use the Welsh language consistently, both inside and outside the classroom 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 effective approaches to develop all staff to become lifelong learners.