St Tierney's Primary School

Overview

This follow-up inspection confirms that St Tierney’s Primary School has achieved significant progress, with the quality of leadership and management now judged as “outstanding.” The report highlights a “high level of capacity for sustained improvement” and notes that the school has successfully addressed previous areas for concern through effective strategic planning and external support.

Strengths

• The quality of provision is “outstanding,” featuring “high quality cross-curricular and connected learning experiences” and lessons that were “very good or outstanding.”
• Learner outcomes remain “very good,” with children described as “motivated, confident and independent” who engage enthusiastically in learning.
• Leadership is praised for being “strategic, transformational” and for embedding “systematic monitoring and self-evaluation processes.”
• The school demonstrated resilience during the pandemic, providing “well-considered ‘home learning packs’” and maintaining “effective opportunities for learning in the online classroom.”
• Children requiring additional support are making “very good progress,” with some no longer on the special educational needs register.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement, noting that previous priorities have been addressed.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain a specific section or statement regarding safeguarding arrangements.