Comrie Primary School

August 2025 – June 2026

At Dunning Primary School, we endorse Perth and Kinross Council’s “Statement of Intent” which sets out the broad principles determining the ethos and nature of education to be delivered across the Council area. 

Our Vision is of a school community where everyone feels safe, happy and included and our learners have the opportunity to achieve excellence in their pursuits.

Our Aims are:

• To provide a nurturing environment where learners develop their social skills alongside their learning, so they grow into respectful and responsible citizens, ready for life and work.
• To provide all children with stimulating and engaging learning experiences so they can achieve their very best academically.
• To enable staff to meet the needs of all learners through a creative, balanced and pupil-centred curriculum.
• To engage parents and carers as partners in learning and build positive relationships with our partners and members of the wider community.

Our Values are:      ResPect

                                FaiRness

                       ResponsIbility

                                KinDness

                               HonEsty 

Dunning Primary takes forward a continuous programme of Self-Evaluation.

The School and our Quality Improvement Officer have evaluated key aspects of the work of the school at all stages. We evaluated pupils’ attainment and achievements, the effectiveness of the school, the environment for learning, the school’s process for self-evaluation and innovation, and our capacity for improvement. We examined pupils’ work, monitored classroom and school experiences and gained the views of groups of pupils, staff, members of the Parent Council, individual parents, groups of parents and visitors to the school.

The Evaluation Process has identified the following key strengths:

• A very welcoming and inclusive ethos
• Courteous, well-behaved and motivated pupils
• High attainment in Numeracy and Literacy
• The leadership and involvement of all staff, pupils, parents and the wider community in the life and work of the school

ATTENDANCE, ATTAINMENT and ACHIEVEMENT

Staff, Pupils and Parents have once again demonstrated great resilience through this year and worked extremely hard to ensure continuity and good experiences overall.

Attendance remains high at 94.4% and is above the average for PKC and Comparator schools. All unauthorised absences are due to family holidays and these have significantly increased this session compared to last session. There have been 0 exclusions this session.

Attainment in Literacy

• All P1 pupils, Most P4 pupils and Almost All P7 have achieved or exceeded expected levels of attainment in Reading.
• All P1 pupils, All P4 pupils and Almost All P7 have achieved or exceeded expected levels of attainment in Writing.
• All P1, P4 and P7 pupils have achieved or exceeded expected levels of attainment in Listening and Talking.

Attainment in Numeracy.

• All P1 pupils, All P4 pupils and Almost All P7 have achieved or exceeded expected levels of attainment in in Numeracy.

• 37% of our pupils across the whole school have recorded Additional Support Needs. All are making very good progress towards their individual targets and planned outcomes and Almost All have achieved or exceeded expected national levels of attainment in Literacy and Numeracy. They have been supported very effectively by our Class Teachers and Support Staff.

• Attainment over time has remained consistently above the National average. The trend of attainment over time has remained at a very high level for our current P7.

ACHIEVEMENT

The school’s 2026 ‘Gold Sports Scotland Award’ (our 4^th), ‘Eco School Award’ and ‘Health Promoting School’ status reflect the achievements of the school in supporting pupils’ Health & Well-Being. Lots of engaging learning and achievement opportunities were evident this session, including a wide range of after-school sports clubs, offered by staff, pupils, parents and volunteers, which were well attended. The school achieved our Rights Respecting Schools Bronze Award in 2023/24 and we continue to integrate the UNCRC into all areas of school life. We were also delighted to achieve our Digital Schools Award Scotland in 23/24. Personal and school achievements are celebrated at our whole school assemblies and recorded during POWA (Programme of Wider Achievement).

The overall quality of wellbeing, equality and inclusion is very good. Staff know the pupils well and are sensitive to their emotional, social and medical needs. Early identification and intervention have helped support our pupils with additional support needs and almost all have achieved expected national levels of attainment in Literacy and Numeracy.

There are effective Child Protection and effective Additional Support Needs procedures in place. In addition to supports in place with school staff, outside agencies have supported individuals and groups of pupils’ very well this session e.g. Inclusion Team, Community Link Worker & Assistant, Health Services, Secondary Staff and Counselling Services.

IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES 2025-2026

The School made very good progress towards achieving the outcomes detailed in our 2025 – 2026 School Improvement Plan (SIP) and these have had a positive effect on pupils’ experiences and outcomes. For example, overall, attainment in Literacy and Numeracy was maintained at a very high level. Evidence gained through both formative and summative assessments showed that progress in Literacy and Numeracy has been very good. New Learning Links (Medium Term Planners) share what the pupils will be learning and help to increase parental Engagement. They display the school’s agreed Values and Aims and as a result there is a strong collective understanding and shared language across the school community.

The school has made good progress in working towards improvements in Numeracy across the whole school. Staff have attended multiple training events and are integrating suggested strategies into daily practice.

Attendance has remained fairly steady across the school and targeted support has been beneficial for a few families. Unauthorised absences due to family holidays in term time continue to impact attendance overall.

We have listened to staff, pupils and parents in the production of this Quality & Standards report whilst evaluating the quality of our provision and in identifying improvement priorities.

We all show a strong commitment to taking our identified priorities forward in a manageable and strategic manner.

The school has many strengths and is well placed to build on the existing high standards.

MAIN IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES 2026 - 2027

• Literacy – Reading and Spelling
• Parental Engagement, Profiling and Communication through the re-introduction of Seesaw.
• Nurture

Headteacher: Mrs Danielle McPhee

General Email: dunning@pkc.gov.uk

Parent Email: dunningparents@pkc.gov.uk

Website: www.dunningprimary.org.uk

Twitter: @DunningPS

Tel: 01764661350

GROWING TOGETHER, LEARNING TOGETHER!

GROWING TOGETHER, ACHIEVING TOGETHER!