St Patrick's & St Joseph's Primary School

Overview

The report confirms that St Patrick’s and St Joseph’s Federated Primary School “continues to demonstrate the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners.” Following a previous evaluation of “good” in 2014, this sustaining improvement inspection found that the school has successfully addressed its prior lines of inquiry. The inspection concluded that the school is effectively using self-evaluation and development planning to maintain high standards.

Strengths

• Staff have “developed successfully the teaching of the strategies of mental mathematics” through a “well-planned staff development programme.”
• Observed lessons were “consistently good; a majority were very good,” with learning set in “real life contexts” and appropriate use of technology.
• Children were able to “use mental mathematics strategies,” discuss their learning, and “explain the processes.”
• Progress is “tracked systematically,” with results “analysed in-depth” to ensure “appropriate interventions are made” to raise standards.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that “arrangements for safeguarding continue to reflect the guidance issued by the relevant Departments.”