Integrated College Glengormley

Overview

Integrated College Glengormley is a controlled integrated school with a clear vision of preparing students for life in a diverse world, characterised by being “Being Ready, Being Respectful and Being Safe”. The inspection found that the school’s inclusive ethos is well enacted, with positive relationships and effective support for pupils’ diverse needs, though consistency in teaching quality and post-16 provision requires further development.

Strengths

• Pupils display “positive attitudes to their learning” and enjoy “mutually respectful relationships” with staff who are described as “caring and approachable”.
• The school provides “comprehensive” pastoral care, including restorative conversations, and has “well-established systems” that have improved pupil attendance.
• There is “effective integration” between specialist and mainstream classes, with tailored support enabling pupils with special educational needs to make “good progress”.
• A “well-structured Careers Education” programme helps pupils develop a “strong understanding” of their aptitudes and future pathways.
• The school fosters a “robust and strategic approach to collaboration”, including shared education initiatives that build “cross-community relationships”.

Areas to improve

• Improve the “overall quality of planning, teaching and assessment” to ensure consistency, addressing instances of “over-direction by the staff” and tasks that are “either too easy or too challenging”.
• Review the post-16 curriculum to meet Entitlement Framework requirements and align Monday and Friday attendance hours with Department of Education guidance.

Safeguarding

The report states that “arrangements for child and adult protection align to the current statutory guidance”.