Fivemiletown College

Overview

This follow-up inspection confirms that Fivemiletown College has successfully addressed previous areas for improvement, with the quality of provision now rated as "good" and leadership as "very good". The report highlights that "outcomes for learners remain as good" and praises the school’s capacity to drive improvement, particularly through enhanced action planning and a cohesive careers strategy.

Strengths

• Leadership and management are "very good", with a "well embedded" action planning process at middle leadership level.
• The quality of provision is "good", featuring "effective" lessons where teachers use active learning strategies and ICT to stimulate critical thinking.
• Pupils are "well settled" with "positive dispositions for learning" and have developed effective oral communication skills.
• There is a "more cohesive careers curriculum" ensuring pupils are "much better informed about the career progression pathways available to them".
• Systems to monitor progress are effective, allowing for early identification of underachievement and timely support.

Areas to improve

• The report states it remains important to "plan for, and manage, issues related to the sustainability of the school’s provision and budget for the school’s sixth form provision".
• The ETI will monitor how the school sustains improvement by "continuing to monitor and evaluate the impact of the interventions that support the pupils’ emotional health and well-being".

Safeguarding

The report notes that the school has put in place initiatives to support pupils’ emotional health and well-being, including a pastoral support programme that is "reducing the adverse impact of COVID 19".