Fleming Fulton Special School

Overview

This second follow-up inspection concludes that Fleming Fulton Special School “needs to address important areas for improvement.” While the primary department shows considerable progress in assessment and planning, the report states that leadership, teaching quality, and standards remain inconsistent across the whole school.

Strengths

• The primary department’s planning is “addressing the needs of the pupils very effectively,” with “clear differentiation” and a “good pace” to activities.
• Classroom assistants have received professional development and now “participate effectively in the pupils’ learning activities.”
• Baseline assessments for literacy and numeracy have been completed for almost all pupils and are used well in primary individual education plans.
• The school’s action plans are described as being “of a good quality.”
• Curriculum links are being developed with other special, primary, and post-primary schools.

Areas to improve

• Leadership must complete a whole-school review of provision and implement a “formalised process for monitoring and evaluating planning and learning experiences.”
• Post-primary timetables require “considerable revision” to provide an appropriate balance of subjects, as current planning often fails to support pupil needs.
• Targets in post-primary individual education plans are “too general to demonstrate progress” and are not reflected in lesson planning.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific findings or commentary regarding safeguarding arrangements.