Brackenagh West Primary School

Overview

This sustaining improvement inspection was conducted during industrial action involving "action short of strike," resulting in non-cooperation from teaching staff. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) was unable to evaluate the quality of learning, teaching, or the school’s capacity for improvement. The report concludes that the ETI is "unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education and safeguarding being provided for the children."

Strengths

• The report identifies no strengths, as the inspection was unable to evaluate key areas due to the lack of cooperation.
• The previous inspection in June 2016 had evaluated the school as having a "high level of capacity for sustained improvement," though this could not be verified in 2019.

Areas to improve

• The school must provide evidence that safeguarding arrangements "reflect or reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education."
• The school is designated a "high priority for future inspection with no further notice" to address the lack of assurance regarding education quality and safeguarding.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school "did not provide evidence that the arrangements for safeguarding children reflect or reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education," and the ETI will return within six weeks to evaluate these arrangements.