Holy Trinity Primary School

Overview

The inspection focused on the school’s capacity for sustained improvement, particularly in literacy and ICT, following a previous high rating. Due to industrial action by teaching staff, inspectors could not evaluate classroom teaching or fully assess safeguarding practices. Consequently, the ETI states it is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children.”

Strengths

• Leadership is described as “highly strategic,” using data effectively to drive improvement in literacy and ICT.
• The school has a “targeted, coherent and comprehensive” programme for online safety, with children demonstrating “excellent knowledge” of staying safe online.
• Literacy outcomes have improved significantly, with underachievement “halved over the past three years” and most Key Stage 2 pupils achieving expected levels.
• Pupils report feeling supported, enjoying a “wide range of learning activities,” and having opportunities to develop leadership skills.

Areas to improve

• The report does not list specific areas for improvement; however, it notes the ETI was “unable to evaluate fully” the quality of learning and teaching due to staff non-cooperation.

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education,” and children feel safe, though the ETI could not fully evaluate the outworking of these arrangements due to industrial action.