Millennium Integrated Primary School

Overview

This monitoring inspection was severely limited because teaching staff participated in industrial action and refused to cooperate with inspectors. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) could not fully evaluate the quality of education, learning, or teaching. The report concludes that the ETI is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children.”

Strengths

• The school development planning process involves “wide consultation with all stakeholders.”
• Improvement priorities are “informed sharply by the analysis and use of qualitative and quantitative data” to track progress.
• The school has established “purposeful curricular links” with a special school and a neighbouring post-primary school.
• Year 6 pupils spoke “very positively” about their enjoyment of learning, staff support, and feeling “happy and safe.”

Areas to improve

• The report states the school did not demonstrate “if and how the actions taken have led to improvement for the learners” due to non-cooperation.
• The ETI was unable to evaluate the impact of actions on learning and teaching outcomes.
• The school is designated a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice.”

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements are “satisfactory” and reflect departmental guidance, though inspectors were unable to fully evaluate their practical implementation due to the industrial action.