Whole-School Evaluation – Management, Leadership and Learning reports on the quality of
teaching and learning and on the quality of management and leadership in a school. It affirms
good practice and makes recommendations, where appropriate, to aid the further development
of educational provision in the school.
During this inspection, the inspectors evaluated and reported under the following headings or
areas of enquiry:
1. The quality of pupils’ learning
2. The quality of teaching
3. The quality of support for pupils’ wellbeing
4. The quality of leadership and management
5. The quality of school self-evaluation
The board of management of the school was given an opportunity to comment in writing on the
findings and recommendations of the report, and the response of the board will be found in the
appendix of this report.
Inspectors describe the quality of each of these areas using the Inspectorate’s quality
continuum which is shown on the final page of this report. The quality continuum provides
examples of the language used by inspectors when evaluating and describing the quality of the
school’s provision in each area.
Here is the link to the Scoil Bhríde – Straffan N.S. – WSE MLL
