Cliftonville Integrated Primary School

Overview

The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) was unable to evaluate the quality of education at Cliftonville Integrated Primary School due to staff industrial action. Consequently, the report states the ETI is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children.” The school is designated as a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice.”

Strengths

• The report notes that a group of Year 6 children met by inspectors were “confident, polite and courteous.”
• These children demonstrated they “know what to do and who to speak to if they are concerned about their safety and well-being.”
• The school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance issued by the Department of Education.”
• Children spoke positively about shared learning experiences with peers in a partnership school through the Shared Education Peace IV programme.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies health and safety issues, specifically “damp, rotten window frames and single glazing around the school.”
• The “secure access system to the nursery unit should be brought in line with that in the primary school.”
• The ETI was unable to evaluate outcomes for learners, quality of provision, or leadership and management, meaning no specific educational improvements could be identified.

Safeguarding

The report states that while safeguarding arrangements broadly reflect Department of Education guidance, the ETI was “unable to evaluate fully the outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding in the school” due to the industrial action.