Croftcroighn School and Nursery in the Glasgow’s East End has been awarded one of the best ever reports for a Glasgow school, receiving 5 ‘excellent’ ratings’ from HM Inspectorate of Education, for Communication and Language, Care, Welfare and Development, Engagement of staff in the life and work of the school, Developing people and Partnerships and Leadership of the Headteacher. All the remaining 11 indicators were rated ‘very good’. None were judged ‘good’, ‘adequate’, ‘weak’ or ‘unsatisfactory’.

Head teacher Margaret McFadden was delighted with the report and praised the efforts of her staff, pupils and parents for their significant role in this wonderful achievement. “It is a resounding endorsement of the service we provide for our pupils and families at Croftcroighn School, and everyone associated with the school is delighted and justifiably proud of its success,” she said.

“As an ambitious school, our challenge is now to maintain and build upon the school's success and the high educational standards we have set.”

The overall quality of achievement in communication and language was described as ‘excellent’, and “at all stages pupils were highly motivated to develop their language and communication skills and enjoyed the wide range of stimulating resources”.Inspectors also praised staff in the report for the innovative communication methods they taught their pupils and highlighted the variety of ways in which the children were communicating with the mainstream pupils in the attached primary school.

HMIe Inspectors were full of praise for Croftcroighn, finding it “provided consistently high quality teaching and support for pupils.”

The report added that “Parents were very positive about all aspects of the school”, and “All staff in the school and the nursery were very positive about all aspects of school and nursery life.”

Key Strengths highlighted in report were:

 - The leadership of the headteacher in promoting innovative and creative practice in learning and teaching

 - Action taken by staff to improve the quality of learning and teaching

 - The quality of pastoral care

 - High expectations of pupils’ achievements

 - Pupils’ progress in communication and language and their wider achievement in the school and local community

 - The quality of teamwork and partnerships with parents, health services and other agencies

Croftcroighn’s report joins a growing number of extremely favourable HMIe reports published for East End schools over the last couple of years – including St Andrew’s Secondary, St Benedict’s and St Timothy’s primaries and Lochview Nursery. Full report can be found on the HMIe website at www.hmie.gov.uk