Brownlee Primary School

Overview

This report details a Sustaining Improvement Inspection conducted in November 2018, which was significantly limited by industrial action involving non-cooperation from teaching staff. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) was unable to fully evaluate the quality of education or assure stakeholders of the standards provided. The school is designated as a high priority for future inspection with no further notice.

Strengths

• The report notes that "the development of the children’s leadership skills and their sense of responsibility are supported by the meaningful roles they have on the School Council."
• Pupils make a "valuable contribution to supporting younger children in the school."
• The principal "co-operated with the inspection team in relation to their safeguarding responsibilities."
• Year 6 children reported that they "feel happy and safe in school" and know who to contact regarding safety concerns.

Areas to improve

• The ETI was unable to evaluate "the extent to which the school is capable of demonstrating its capacity to effect improvement through self-evaluation and effective school planning."
• The inspectorate could not assess "the quality of learning and teaching within the classrooms."
• The report states the ETI was unable to evaluate fully "the outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding in the school."

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements "reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education," though the ETI could not fully evaluate their implementation due to the industrial action.