Glenlola Collegiate

Overview

This second follow-up inspection confirms that Glenlola Collegiate School “demonstrates the capacity to identify and bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners.” Overall learner outcomes are now described as “good,” with notable progress in GCSE results and a “caring and supportive learning environment” praised by parents and staff.

Strengths

• Outcomes for learners are “now good,” with the proportion of pupils achieving seven or more GCSEs at grades A* to B increasing significantly.
• Data analysis is effectively used to “evaluate progression,” ensuring pupils, parents, and staff share an understanding of targets and interventions.
• “Learning clusters have been established to good effect,” leading to increased consistency in lesson planning and differentiated support.
• The school is “alert to anxiety” affecting attendance, addressing it through strategies that improve communication with parents.
• Parents and staff report “high levels of satisfaction” with the school’s “inclusive, welcoming and pastoral ethos.”

Areas to improve

• The school must “continue to adapt the curriculum to the needs and aspirations of the pupils.”
• It needs to refine the target-setting process to “improve outcomes further at all key stages,” particularly at post-16 where results remain below the Northern Ireland average.
• Data should be used consistently to “challenge and raise expectations beyond the attainment levels which are implicit in the data itself.”

Safeguarding

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