St Therese Nursery School

Overview

The inspection was conducted during industrial action involving non-cooperation with inspectors. Consequently, the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) was unable to evaluate key aspects of the school’s performance. The report states the ETI is “unable to assure parents/carers... of the quality of education being provided for the children.”

Strengths

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Areas to improve

• The ETI was unable to evaluate “outcomes for learners,” “quality of provision,” and “quality of leadership and management.”
• The ETI was unable to fully evaluate the “outworking of the arrangements for safeguarding in the school.”
• The school is designated as a “high priority for future inspection with no further notice.”

Safeguarding

The nursery provided evidence that safeguarding arrangements “reflect broadly the guidance from the Department of Education,” but the ETI could not fully evaluate their implementation due to the industrial action.