Fane Street Primary School

Overview

This Sustaining Improvement Inspection confirms that Fane Street Primary School “continues to demonstrate the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners.” The report notes that the school is “demonstrating the capacity to identify and bring about improvement” following a previous evaluation of good effectiveness. The Education and Training Inspectorate will “continue to monitor how the school sustains improvement.”

Strengths

• “Almost all of the teaching observed was good or very good,” with staff effectively disseminating practice through professional development.
• Initiatives such as “new reading approaches” and “enhanced use of mobile tablet technologies” have “impacted positively on the children’s learning experiences.”
• Teachers “establish a baseline for the newcomer children and monitor more effectively the progress they make in their learning.”
• A “staff newcomer panel” reviews progress to ensure provision is appropriate for this large group of pupils.
• Children showed “confident participation” and responded well to “differentiated levels of challenge” within a “supportive and inclusive learning environment.”

Areas to improve

• The school must “appoint a designated governor for child protection” to ensure compliance with safeguarding arrangements.
• The appointed governor must “access the relevant training for the role” to maintain comprehensive safeguarding standards.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school was “unable to provide evidence that all of the arrangements for safeguarding... have been maintained,” requiring specific actions to appoint and train a designated governor.