Integrated College Dungannon

Overview

Integrated College Dungannon is described as a successful school where the vision of ‘learning together’ is achieved through collaboration and an ethos of mutual respect. The report highlights a ‘profoundly inclusive ethos’ where diversity is highly valued, and pupils are empowered to make meaningful contributions to school life.

Strengths

• Pupils are ‘friendly and welcoming’, respectful of each other, and engage ‘maturely with adults’.
• The curriculum is ‘flexible, responsive to the pupils’ needs and abilities’, with most pupils achieving well and progressing appropriately.
• Staff professional learning is ‘creative and innovative’, based on coaching and research, which ‘impacts positively on the pupils’ learning’.
• The school demonstrates a ‘whole-school approach’ to emotional health and wellbeing, holding the AWARE NI Investors in Mental Health Gold Standard Award.
• Self-evaluation is ‘robust’, and the school effectively supports pupils with special educational needs and those for whom English is an additional language.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies one specific area for action: ‘to develop further the pupils’ digital skills’.

Safeguarding

The evidence provided demonstrates that ‘the arrangements for child and adult protection align to the current statutory guidance’.