A VILLAGE school has been placed into special measures after inspectors slammed its “ineffective” teaching and leadership.

Llanon primary school will be monitored every term by Estyn after the report found significant shortcomings and gave it the worst possible ranking.

The 45-pupil school was rated “unsatisfactory” for both its current performance and prospects for improvement after inspectors said that “only a minority of pupils make appropriate progress in their learning” during the time at the school.

Estyn said that a “period of instability in terms of leadership and staff turnover” had had a “considerable effect on pupils” and labelled the quality of teaching, leadership and assessment procedures “ineffective”.

The report found that the school’s education does not meet the requirements of the national curriculum and performance at the expected levels in key subjects places the school in the bottom 25 per cent in comparison with similar schools.

Kevin Davies, the reporting inspector, did find that positive changes are beginning to be made under the guidance of the acting headteacher.

A new headteacher will begin in the post in September.

The school has now been placed in special measures and will produce an action plan that shows how it will address the recommendations.

“The local authority continues to work in partnership with the Governing Body and staff at Ysgol Gynradd Llannon to further develop the quality of education and leadership at the school,” a spokesperson said.

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