{"id":8383,"date":"2013-08-22T10:54:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T10:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=8383"},"modified":"2013-08-22T10:54:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T10:54:01","slug":"glowing-inspection-report-praises-kirn-primary-school%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98high-standards%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=8383","title":{"rendered":"Glowing inspection report praises Kirn Primary School\u2019s \u2018high standards\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ES\"<\/a>Kirn Primary School has received a glowing report from Education Scotland. The head teacher is described as providing \u2018inspirational leadership\u2019 and pupils\u2019 behaviour at all stages as \u2018impeccable\u2019. HM Inspectors found that \u2018There are major strengths in the way that staff across the school support children to develop and learn\u2019 and that \u2018Staff show very high-quality care and support to children in the school\u2019. The two principal teachers were also recognised for their strong and effective support to the head teacher.
\nLead Councillor for Education at Argyll and Bute Council Richard Trail said
\n\u2018I am delighted that Kirn Primary School has received this excellent report. The report recognises the leadership of the head teacher, the hard work of the staff and the pupils\u2019 exemplary behaviour. Everyone involved is to be congratulated on the high standard of teaching and learning at the school and we should all be very proud that Education Scotland will use Kirn Primary School\u2019s innovative work as an example to other schools.\u2019
\nThe report states that in all of the inspection categories the school was rated either excellent or very good, with older children displaying \u2018an exceptionally high level of independence in leading their own learning\u2019 and children in the nursery and across the school learning and achieving to a high standard. The inspection team said that Education Scotland would like to work with the council and the school to use it in future as a model of best practice.
\nHead teacher James Wylie said
\n\u2018I am exceptionally pleased that the school has been recognised, nationally, for the high quality of educational experience being provided to our pupils and for the motivated, engaged, reflective, confident and impeccably behaved children that we work with. Our high quality and dedicated staff, both teaching and non-teaching, as well as our parents, partners and community members work tirelessly to ensure that very high standards in all areas of the curriculum are achieved.\u2019
\nThe inspection found that the school had the following key strengths:
\n\u2022\tConfident, respectful children who have a clear love of learning and great pride in their school
\n\u2022\tInnovative approaches to the organisation of the curriculum to ensure children develop important skills through exciting, deep and coherent learning experiences
\n\u2022\tHigh-quality support for children who require extra help in their learning
\n\u2022\tEffective partnerships with parents, volunteers, partners and the local community to enrich and extend children\u2019s learning
\n\u2022\tInspirational and strong leadership of the head teacher which drives forward improvements to ensure all children make very good progress in their learning
\nThe full report can be found at HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kirn Primary School has received a glowing report from Education Scotland. The head teacher is described as providing \u2018inspirational leadership\u2019 and pupils\u2019 behaviour at all stages as \u2018impeccable\u2019. HM Inspectors found that \u2018There are major strengths in the way that staff across the school support children to develop and learn\u2019 and that \u2018Staff show very … Continue reading Glowing inspection report praises Kirn Primary School\u2019s \u2018high standards\u2019<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3360],"tags":[4263],"class_list":["post-8383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-primary-schools","tag-kirn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8386,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383\/revisions\/8386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}