Bunscoil an Traonaigh

Overview

The inspection was conducted during industrial action, with staff refusing to cooperate with inspectors. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) was “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education and safeguarding being provided for the children.” The report states that no performance levels are available for outcomes, provision, or leadership.

Strengths

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Areas to improve

• The ETI was unable to evaluate outcomes for learners, quality of provision, or leadership and management due to the lack of cooperation.
• The school must ensure “more robust risk assessments are in place for school trips.”
• The school needs to ensure “training requirements are up-to-date for all governors” and that draft policies are ratified and shared with parents.

Safeguarding

A follow-up visit confirmed that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance issued by the Department of Education,” though the ETI remained unable to fully evaluate their outworking due to ongoing industrial action.