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Inspection of Windsor Park School Falkirk Council

1. The inspection

The inspection of Windsor Park School took place in November and December 1998 as part of a national sample of provision for pupils with special educational needs.

The inspection covered all aspects of the work of the school at all stages. HM Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and attainment, examined pupils’ work and interviewed staff and pupils. They assessed the school’s processes for self- evaluation and development planning. Sign language interpreters assisted members of the inspection team to communicate with pupils. Members of the inspection team inspected aspects of integration of pupils from Windsor Park School into Glenfair Nursery School, Bantaskin Primary School and Falkirk High School. They also observed staff from the Windsor Park School’s outreach service for hearing impaired pupils working with pupils in some of the authority’s primary and secondary schools.

The results of a questionnaire sent to all parents were taken into account during the inspection.

Windsor Park School provides primary and secondary education for pupils with hearing impairments.

At the time of the inspection the roll was sixteen, of whom twelve were in the two primary classes. Six of the primary

2. The school