Inspectors satisfied primary school in Muirhead will continue to improve
dailyrecord.co.ukInspectors are satisfied that a primary school in Muirhead will continue to improve without the need for intervention. The new report on St Barbara’s Primary School, a denominational school run by North Lanarkshire Council, rated it as “good” in three categories - leadership of change, ensuring wellbeing and inclusion and raising attainment and achievement while learning, teaching and assessment was graded as “satisfactory”.
The team, which visited the school in March, found that the children were confident, able and articulate, while leadership at the school was also deemed to be strong.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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