Waringstown Primary School

Overview

Waringstown Primary School continues to demonstrate a "high level of capacity for sustained improvement in the interest of all the learners." The inspection confirmed that the school maintains its previous standing, with children making excellent progress in numeracy and applying literacy skills very competently. The report concludes that the school is capable of effecting improvement through effective self-evaluation and development planning.

Strengths

• Children make "excellent progress in numeracy," incorporating ICT and applying learning in problem-solving contexts, including the Forest School environment.
• The numeracy coordination team works "collegially to audit, plan, monitor and evaluate effectively," providing wide opportunities for ICT use.
• Pupils apply literacy skills "very competently within real-life contexts," completing a comprehensive variety of reading and writing tasks.
• All children perform at a level "as expected or above their assessments" using a wide range of materials.
• The school demonstrates a strong capacity for sustained improvement through robust self-evaluation processes.

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."