Knockmore Primary School

Overview

The inspection of Knockmore Primary School was conducted during industrial action, with staff refusing to cooperate with inspectors. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) was unable to evaluate the quality of education, stating it is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided.” The school is designated as a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice.”

Strengths

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Areas to improve

• The ETI was unable to evaluate “outcomes for children with a particular focus on numeracy and literacy.”
• The ETI was unable to evaluate the “quality of provision with a particular focus on numeracy and literacy including across the curriculum.”
• The ETI was unable to evaluate the “quality of leadership and management.”

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education,” and children reported feeling safe, though the ETI was “unable to evaluate fully, the outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding in the school.”