Maine Integrated Primary School

Overview

This sustaining improvement inspection was significantly constrained by industrial action, as teachers refused to cooperate with inspectors. Consequently, the ETI could not fully evaluate the quality of education or the school’s capacity for improvement, stating it is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided.” The school is designated a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice.”

Strengths

• Year 6 pupils reported having “many opportunities to develop their leadership capabilities” through roles such as peer mediators and council members.
• Children “value the rewards system which motivates them to learn.”
• Pupils reported that they “feel safe in school and know what to do if they have any concerns about their safety and well-being.”
• The principal cooperated with the inspection team regarding safeguarding responsibilities.

Areas to improve

• Update relevant policies and risk assessments to “reflect more accurately current DE guidance and school practice.”
• Continue the programme of training for the recently constituted governors.

Safeguarding

The report states that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education,” though the ETI was “unable to evaluate fully the outworking of the arrangements” due to the industrial action.