Victoria Primary School (Ballyhalbert)

Overview

This Sustaining Improvement Inspection confirms that Victoria Primary School “continues to demonstrate a high level of capacity for sustained improvement in the interest of all the learners.” The report notes that the previous inspection evaluated the school as “very good” and that a new senior leadership team has been established since then. The inspection focused on the impact of new management structures on literacy and the school’s ability to drive improvement through self-evaluation.

Strengths

• The new senior leadership team “continues to make improvements in classroom practice” by developing coordinators’ roles in monitoring and evaluating learning and teaching.
• Staff make “highly effective use of pastoral information and standardised test data” to tailor provision for all children.
• There are “improved outcomes in literacy for individuals and groups of children” resulting from individual target setting and appropriate intervention strategies.
• The school demonstrates a strong capacity for sustained improvement, with the ETI continuing to monitor this progress.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The school provided evidence that “the arrangements for safeguarding children reflect the guidance from the Department of Education.”