District Inspection: Information And Communications Technology (ICT)

The points below deal mainly with the important issues emerging from a district inspection of ICT.

The strengths of the work include;

• the strong strategic leadership provided by the principal and the ICT co-ordinator in the use of ICT to support the children’s learning;
  
• the centrality of ICT in the school development plan;
  
• the teachers’ planning for the progressive development of the children’s ICT skills and knowledge in many curricular areas;
  
• the excellent materials produced by the teachers to facilitate the children’s learning in strands such as data handling and modelling;
  
• the children’s interest in using ICT for a variety of purposes and their ability to apply a wide range of ICT tools in lessons;
  
• the high standards achieved in ICT by many children, including their ability to integrate various ICT packages to improve the presentation of their work; the children’s ability to work independently and to improve their work as it proceeds;
  
• the teachers’ involvement in ICT staff development and their confidence in using ICT to enhance the children’s learning;
  
• the strategic and thoughtful procurement and deployment of a wide range of suitable software and hardware to promote learning in the school;
  
• the display of ICT work to celebrate the children's achievements and stimulate their interest.
  

The area for improvement is;

• the further development of the internet to provide the children with the opportunities to develop research skills.
  

General Inspection Report

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