Greystone Primary School

Overview

This report details a Sustaining Improvement Inspection conducted in May 2018, which was significantly hindered by staff participation in industrial action. Because teachers refused to co-operate, the inspectorate could not evaluate key aspects of the school’s performance, including learning, teaching, or self-evaluation. Consequently, the report states the ETI is “unable to assure parents /carers... of the quality of education and safeguarding being provided for the children.”

Strengths

• The report notes that during a follow-up visit in June 2018, the school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education.”
• Year 6 pupils reported that they “feel safe in school” and know “what to do and who to talk to if they are concerned about their safety or well-being.”
• The previous inspection in 2015 had evaluated the school’s overall effectiveness as “good.”

Areas to improve

• The school must address the inability to demonstrate its capacity for improvement through self-evaluation and effective planning, which could not be assessed due to non-co-operation.
• The school must allow for the full evaluation of safeguarding arrangements, as the ETI was previously “unable to evaluate fully the outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding.”
• The school is designated as a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice” to ensure compliance and quality assurance.

Safeguarding

The report states that while initial evidence was not provided due to industrial action, a follow-up visit confirmed that arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education,” though a full evaluation of their implementation remained incomplete.