St Paul's Primary School

Overview

This report details a Sustaining Improvement Inspection conducted in May 2018, noting that the previous inspection in 2015 evaluated the school as "good". Due to industrial action involving "non-co-operation with the Education and Training Inspectorate", the inspection was severely limited. Consequently, the ETI states it is "unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children".

Strengths

• Year 6 pupils spoke with pride about the school achieving the "Derrytrasna Pastoral Care Award".
• Children described the environment as "caring and supportive" and reported feeling "very safe and secure".
• Pupils contribute to school life through "Eco- and School- councils" and by taking responsibility for the environment.
• Children enjoy a "range of outings" and understand who to contact regarding safety concerns.

Areas to improve

• The report states the ETI was "unable to evaluate fully" the quality of learning and teaching within classrooms.
• The inspection could not assess the school's capacity for improvement through "self-evaluation and effective school planning".
• The full "outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding" could not be evaluated due to staff non-cooperation.

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements "reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education", and while pupils reported feeling safe, the ETI was "unable to evaluate fully the outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding in the school".