Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche

Overview

The inspection was conducted during industrial action, with staff declaring non-cooperation with the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI). Consequently, the report states the ETI is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children.” Most evaluation areas, including outcomes, provision, and leadership, were marked as having “No performance level available” due to the limited evidence base.

Strengths

• Parents expressed “high levels of satisfaction with almost all aspects of the life and work of the school.”
• Staff responses were “mostly positive” and endorsed opportunities for professional development.
• A group of Year 7 children read “fluently and expressively” in both Irish and English.
• Governors are “well informed” and play a “pro-active role in the school improvement process.”
• Children reported feeling safe and spoke positively about “caring and friendly relationships.”

Areas to improve

• The school must “review and update the school policy for intimate care.”
• The ETI notes it was unable to fully evaluate learning outcomes, curriculum quality, and strategic leadership due to the strike action.

Safeguarding

The report states that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education,” though the ETI was unable to fully evaluate their outworking due to the industrial action.