School Self - Evaluation - Bray School Project N.S.

What is School Self- Evaluation?

School Self Evaluation is a collaborative, reflective, inclusive process of internal school review. During SSE, the principal, deputy principal and teachers, under the direction of the board of management and the patron, and in consultation with the parents and pupils, engage in reflective enquiry on the work of the school.

School self-evaluation is primarily about school improvement and development.

School self-evaluation enables schools:

To take the initiative in improving the quality of education that they provide for their pupils.
To affirm and build on what is working well.
To identify areas in need of development and to decide on actions that should be taken to bring about improvements in those areas.
To report to the school community about the strengths in the work of the school and its priorities for improvement and development.

Teachers reflect on their work and on the learning that their pupils achieve as part of their daily professional work. For many years schools have used the school development planning process to identify what is working well and what might need to be improved. School self-evaluation is a way in which this process of reflection, improvement and development can take place in a more systematic way.

School self-evaluation places greater emphasis on collecting, examining and sharing evidence about the work of the school when making decisions about what is working well and what areas need to be improved and developed.

School Self Evaluation in Bray School Project

Embedded on this page is our most recent School Self Evaluation Report. If you are unable to view this document, please click here.

All schools in Ireland are required to conduct a school self evaluation in either literacy or numeracy.
BSP are in year 2 of a 3 year numeracy strategy. Last year Clare Sheirdan shared the information she received on training days with the staff.
Jamie Finnerty has taken over this role of Maths Co-ordinator.
We are very pleased with our Maths programme (Planet Maths) which clearly sets out the objective of each lesson.
We are now placing a greater emphasis on oral and practical Maths which will lead to less dependency on the Maths book.

Last year, we surveyed all pupils from 2nd - 6th class about their attitude to Maths. We hope over the 3 years we can improve on some of these percentages; with one aim to increase the percentage of children who 'like learning Maths' (Question 1 in the survey) by 5%.

Have a look at our results.
If you cannot see them, please click here to view.