Nazareth House Primary School

Overview

The inspection was conducted during industrial action, with teachers refusing to cooperate with inspectors. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) was “unable to assure... of the quality of education being provided” and could not evaluate outcomes, provision, or leadership. The school is designated a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice.”

Strengths

• The report states that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education.”
• Children reported that they “felt safe in school” and knew what to do if they had concerns about their well-being.
• School attendance data for 2017-18 was recorded at 95.8%, slightly above the previous year’s figure.

Areas to improve

• The ETI was unable to evaluate the quality of education, so no specific pedagogical improvements are identified in the text.
• Health and safety issues require attention, including a lift lacking “emergency access” and an intercom, and guttering in a “poor state of repair.”
• There is a “lack of parking spaces for staff within the schools grounds.”

Safeguarding

The report notes that while arrangements broadly reflect Departmental guidance and children felt safe, the ETI was “unable to evaluate fully the outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding” due to the industrial action.