Cregagh Primary School

Overview

Cregagh Primary School is described as a ‘family of learning at the heart of the community’ where stakeholders are ‘wholly committed’ to its vision. The inspection highlights a ‘wholeheartedly child-centred’ ethos, with children who ‘aspire to do their best’ and feel safe, valued, and well-supported in their learning.

Strengths

• The school fosters a strong sense of belonging, with children who ‘enjoy school very much’ and feel ‘safe, well cared for and enjoy their learning’.
• There is ‘highly effective integration’ between the specialist deaf units and mainstream classes, which positively impacts inclusion and the learning experiences of all pupils.
• A recent focus on phonics has had a ‘positive impact on the children’s literacy skills’, including improvements in spelling and vocabulary.
• Staff demonstrate ‘high levels of care’ and maintain high expectations for behaviour and engagement, supported by tailored interventions for children with special educational needs.
• The ‘well-embedded shared education partnership’ enriches learning and supports transition to post-primary school.

Areas to improve

• Senior leaders need to ‘develop further’ monitoring processes to ‘gather first-hand evidence to measure the impact and progress against key priorities’.
• The school should ‘continue to use first-hand evidence to identify and disseminate effective practice across the school’.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for child protection align to the current statutory guidance’.