Carrick Primary School

Overview

The report describes the leadership and management as “highly effective,” underpinned by a “shared, strategic vision for continuous school improvement.” It confirms that the school is successfully “identifying and bringing about the necessary improvements in the quality of education” for the specific areas inspected.

Strengths

• Leadership is characterised by “rigorous self-evaluation” and “extensive consultation with key stakeholders.”
• Staff work “very effectively as a team” and deliver “consistently high quality learning experiences for the children.”
• Children achieve “very high standards in measurement and comprehension,” evidenced by internal data and work quality.
• Pupils develop an “excellent range of comprehension skills” and apply measurement knowledge to “real-life contexts.”

Areas to improve

• The report notes that “heavy traffic congestion around the school at drop off and pick up times needs to be addressed.”

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that “arrangements for safeguarding reflect the guidance issued by the relevant Departments.”