Gaelscoil Neachtain

Overview

Gaelscoil agus Naíscoil Neachtain is described as a school that successfully fosters a "collaborative, inclusive environment underpinned by a strong Christian ethos." The report highlights a "vibrant community of learning" where children are "confident, articulate and engage fully in their learning," particularly valuing the opportunity to learn through the medium of Irish.

Strengths

• Children are "happy and very well behaved," speaking Irish "competently and confidently" with peers and adults.
• Staff provide a "highly supportive and nurturing learning environment" with "smooth and efficient transitions" between activities.
• Pupils with special educational needs are "fully included" and make "good progress from their individual starting points."
• The school maintains "effective partnerships with parents/carers" and external agencies to support child development.
• Assessment data is used "to good effect" to identify children needing targeted support in literacy and numeracy.

Areas to improve

• Develop a "more robust system for, action planning for improvement across the school."
• Conduct a "whole-school review of planning for learning to connect the learning better across the curriculum."
• Provide a "wider range of opportunities for the children to develop further their thinking skills and personal capabilities."

Safeguarding

The report states that arrangements for child protection "align to the current statutory guidance," but notes that some policies were out of date and the most recent version should be ratified by governors and shared with parents as a priority.