KEY POINTS FROM THE REPORT

■ Standards good or better in around eight in 10 of the 188 primary schools inspected in 2018-19 and one in 10 judged excellent;

■ Standards good or better in nearly half of the 29 secondary schools inspected in 2018-19 but “the proportion of these schools causing concern remains a challenge”;

■ Improved performance in independent special schools and pupil referral units with examples of excellence for the first time for many years;

■ Literacy standards in primary and secondary schools overall are broadly similar to those three years ago. Limited progress in providing enough challenge in literacy teaching to meet the needs of more able pupils;

■ Numeracy provision for numeracy has “improved a little” in the last two years. It is judged to be “at least good” in around eight in 10 primary schools and nearly half of secondary schools;

■ Pupils’ behaviour in most primary schools is very good;

■ Just over one in 10 secondary pupils do not feel safe at school as a result of frequent poor behaviour from other pupils or bullying;

■ The performance gap between the 18% of Wales’ pupils eligible for free school meals and their peers has remained broadly the same for more than a decade.