A damning report on a Wishaw school by inspectors will be discussed by the council this week.
The disappointing findings by inspectors regarding Calderbridge Primary School was the third in four years following poor inspection report cards in November 2016 and December 2017.
Coltness councillor Cameron McManus confirmed the meeting with North Lanarkshire Council education bosses and voiced his concerns over the Education Scotland report which found the Coltness Road school was still lagging behind in improving the support given to children’s learning across the school and nursery.
Councillor McManus said: “This is the third report in three years which has been disappointing so we need to find out if the council can step in and help to improve things.
“There will be another inspection in the near future so we have to see what we can do.
“The school can’t keep going on like this.”
The reports stated that the school had “made insufficient progress since the original inspection”.
The report also worryingly highlighted that children with additional needs should be making better progress.
It stated: “The headteacher should review urgently how the school supports children with additional learning needs.”
Questionnaires filled out by pupils. staff and parents also reveal some worrying findings.
Ten per cent of pupils feel they are not treated fairly by their classmates, or that other children behave well.
Seventeen per cent of parents strongly disagree their child is safe at school, while 30 per cent strongly disagree the school deals well with any bullying.
Following the release of the report last month, a council spokesperson told the Wishaw Press said: “This report fails to meet the high standards we expect across all our schools and centres.
“However, an improvement plan is already in place and our senior education officers are working with school staff and inspectors to ensure that all of the issues highlighted are addressed as an absolute priority.”
