St Michael's Primary School

Overview

This monitoring inspection evaluated the school’s development planning amidst industrial action, during which staff did not cooperate with inspectors. Consequently, the report states the ETI is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children.” The evaluation relied on available evidence regarding specific improvement priorities rather than a full assessment of learning and teaching.

Strengths

• The school is “improving its provision for ICT through upskilling staff, planning for progression across the 5 ‘E’s and acquiring additional resources.”
• “Effective use is being made of performance data to identify areas for development in literacy” at whole school, class, and individual levels.
• “Potential underachievement by individual children is being identified and addressed” with appropriate plans in place to monitor impact.
• Children in key stage 2 reported that they “feel safe and secure in school and know what to do if they have any concerns about their wellbeing.”

Areas to improve

• The employing authority, governors, and staff must “plan for, and manage, issues related to the sustainability of the school provision and school budget” to address current and future needs.
• The inspection was “unable to evaluate fully the impact of the improvement work on the quality of learning and teaching and the children’s outcomes” due to non-cooperation.

Safeguarding

The report states that “satisfactory arrangements for safeguarding reflect broadly the guidance issued by the relevant Departments,” though the ETI was unable to fully evaluate their outworking due to the industrial action.