Crumlin Integrated Primary School

Overview

The inspection was conducted during industrial action where teaching staff refused to co-operate with inspectors. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) was “unable to assure... of the quality of education being provided for the children.” The school is designated a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice.”

Strengths

• Safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education.”
• Year 6 children “know what to do if they have any concerns about their welfare.”
• Pupils were “well-informed about how to deal with concerns about their well-being when online at school or at home.”

Areas to improve

• The boundary fence is “incomplete.”
• The reception area “does not provide adequate holding arrangements to limit further unauthorised access to the classrooms.”
• The ETI was unable to evaluate outcomes, provision, or leadership due to non-co-operation, meaning these areas could not be assessed.

Safeguarding

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