City Armagh High School

Overview

The report describes a school demonstrating the "capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners." Leadership and management are now judged as "good," with significant progress made since the previous inspection. The school has successfully addressed previous areas for concern, particularly regarding self-evaluation and curriculum provision.

Strengths

• The quality and effectiveness of leadership and management is now "good," with senior leaders working effectively with empowered teaching teams.
• "Achievements and standards have improved and are now good," with GCSE results rising to match Northern Ireland averages for similar schools.
• All lessons observed were "effective (good or better) in promoting and progressing the pupils’ learning."
• The school has broadened its curricular offer at Key Stage 4 through three pathways that "better meet their needs, abilities and interests."
• A mentoring programme provides "good support" for key groups of pupils, involving collaboration with parents and teachers.

Areas to improve

• The ETI will monitor how the school sustains improvement by "embedding further the self-evaluation process to sustain and further improve the standards attained by the pupils."

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific commentary or findings regarding safeguarding arrangements.