St Mary's Primary School

Overview

This sustaining improvement inspection was conducted while staff participated in industrial action, resulting in a refusal to cooperate with inspectors. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate was unable to evaluate the quality of education or demonstrate the school’s capacity for improvement. The report concludes that the inspectorate cannot assure parents of the quality of education or safeguarding provided.

Strengths

• The report identifies no positive findings or strengths due to the lack of cooperation and evidence.
• The school had previously opened a new building in 2017.
• The previous 2015 inspection had evaluated the school as having the capacity to identify and bring about improvement.

Areas to improve

• The school must provide evidence that safeguarding arrangements reflect Department of Education guidance.
• The school is designated as a high priority for future inspection with no further notice.
• The inspectorate will return within six weeks to specifically evaluate and report on safeguarding arrangements.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school did not provide evidence that the arrangements for safeguarding children reflect or reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education.