Ballysillan Primary School

Overview

This follow-up inspection confirms that Ballysillan Primary School has successfully addressed previous concerns, demonstrating the "capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners." The report concludes that the quality of leadership, provision for learning, and standards in English and mathematics are now "good," reflecting significant progress since the initial 2015 inspection.

Strengths

• Leadership and management are now "good," with "appropriate systems in place to enable effective self-evaluation and planning for improvement."
• The quality of teaching is "consistently of a high quality," with children described as "well settled in lessons and focused on their work."
• Teachers employ "effective questioning techniques" to help children organise their thinking and extend their responses.
• The nursery unit features an outdoor learning environment developed to a "high standard which the children enjoy."
• A "comprehensive system is in place to identify and address underachievement," supported by significant investment in ICT and outdoor resources.

Areas to improve

• The school must continue to focus on "those children who are underachieving" in literacy and numeracy.
• The ETI will monitor how the school sustains improvement in "ensuring further improvement in the standards that all children attain in English and mathematics."

Safeguarding

The provided report text does not contain specific statements regarding safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.