Rosemount Primary School

Overview

This sustaining improvement inspection was significantly constrained by industrial action involving non-cooperation with the Education and Training Inspectorate. Consequently, the report states the ETI is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children.” The school is designated as a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice.”

Strengths

• Year 6 pupils report “very good opportunities to develop their leadership capabilities” through schemes such as ‘mathematics and reading buddies’.
• Children indicate they “feel safe in the school” and are aware of procedures regarding safety or welfare concerns.
• Senior leadership cooperated with the inspection team specifically regarding their safeguarding responsibilities.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no specific areas for improvement, as the ETI was “unable to evaluate fully” the quality of learning, teaching, or school planning due to the industrial action.

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education,” although the ETI was unable to fully evaluate their outworking due to the action short of strike.