Published on:
24
April 2012
Menstrie Primary School and Nursery Class have been praised for providing children with a high level of care and support.
The praise comes in a report published today by Her Majesty's Inspectors which states that pupils at Menstrie are "happy confident children who engage well in their learning" and that the school encourages "partnership working with a range of agencies to support children's learning."
Their report also states that health and wellbeing is a "strong feature of the school" and that children know what they need to do to have a healthy lifestyle.
The Inspectors also found that pupils achieve well through a range of out-of-class activities, as well as participating well in a range of sporting activities. They also achieve success with partners in the local community.
This Inspectors found the following key strengths:
The Inspectors found that children are learning well, are happy and engage well in their learning. In the nursery, children are forming positive relationships with staff and one another. Most are enthusiastic about their learning.
Children at Menstrie have a very good awareness of eco issues and talk enthusiastically about the work of the Rights Respecting School group.
Staff know children well and provide a high level of pastoral care and support. Staff also provide children with a broad curriculum which is improving as teachers gain confidence in using Curriculum for Excellence.
Parents give valuable support to the school and help in a range of ways. Transition arrangements into P1 and into secondary school support children very well.
Lisanne Henderson was appointed as Head Teacher at Menstrie earlier this year. The report says she has a "very clear vision for the school" and has "worked hard to create a very strong ethos for learning."
Staff are keen to improve children's learning and work well as a team.
"Because of the highly-effective leadership of the head teacher, the teamwork of all staff and with continued support from the education authority, the school is in a very strong position to improve further," says the report.
Head Teacher Lisanne Henderson said: "As a school we feel that the inspection team have been able to clearly identify the strengths of the school and in particular the value that we
place on the importance of health and well being. We are confident that, with the hard work and the commitment of all staff, pupils and parents that we will be able to continue to further develop in line with Curriculum for Excellence."
The HMIE report recommends some areas for improvement.
The school and the education authority are now working together with pupils and parents to ensure that these areas are addressed in the course of the next two years.