St Naile's Primary School

Overview

This report details a Sustaining Improvement Inspection conducted in December 2017, noting that the previous inspection in 2014 evaluated the school as "very good". Due to industrial action involving "action short of strike", staff did not cooperate with inspectors, preventing a full evaluation of educational quality. Consequently, the ETI states it is "unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children".

Strengths

• The report notes that "the principal and most of the staff are in post since the last inspection".
• Year 6 pupils described the school as a place where they feel "cared for, safe and secure".
• Children demonstrated they "understand what to do and who to talk to if they are concerned about their safety or well-being".
• Pupils were described as "confident in their leadership roles within the school and E co-council".

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".
• The school grounds have a fence of "insufficient height allowing for unregulated access to the school grounds".

Safeguarding

The report states that safeguarding arrangements "reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education", though the ETI was "unable to evaluate fully the outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding in the school" due to the industrial action.