Glenwood Primary School

Overview

The report details a Sustaining Improvement Inspection conducted in November 2017, noting that the previous 2014 inspection evaluated the school as "good". Due to teachers participating in industrial action and refusing to cooperate with inspectors, the ETI was unable to fully evaluate the quality of education or the school’s capacity for improvement. Consequently, the inspectorate states it is "unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children."

Strengths

• The report notes that the school previously demonstrated "the capacity to identify and bring about improvement."
• Evidence provided indicated that "arrangements for safeguarding children reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education."
• Children reported that they "feel safe in school" and are aware of procedures if they have safety concerns.

Areas to improve

• The report states the ETI was unable to evaluate whether the school had addressed the 2014 requirement to "continue to raise the standards achieved in literacy and numeracy."
• The inspection could not assess "the quality of learning and teaching within the classrooms" due to non-cooperation.
• The school’s ability to demonstrate improvement through "self-evaluation and effective school development planning" could not be evaluated.

Safeguarding

The report states that while arrangements broadly reflect Department guidance and children feel safe, the ETI was "unable to evaluate fully the outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding in the school" due to the industrial action.