That was the conclusion of a focused inspection carried out by the Education and Training Inspectorate in February this year, in which it was noted that enrolment at the school, currently 163, had been growing steadily over the past five years.
Inspectors listed the school's strengths as including its strong sense of community, with excellent working relationships at all levels, a quality of teaching that was never less than satisfactory and sometimes good or better, and hard-working and committed teaching and non-teaching staff.
It was strong too, they said, with regard to its high standing in the community, its special needs provision in numeracy and the leadership and vision of principal Mr. Stanley Poots, ably assisted by the vice-principal.
"In the areas inspected," the report read, "the quality of education provided in this school is very good. The educational and pastoral needs of the learners are being well met."
Comments from those parents who responded to questionnaires during the course of the inspection were "very positive", said inspectors, in their support of the school and, in particular, of the commitment of the principal and the staff to the wellbeing and education of the children.
Inspectors endorsed those views and the views of the Board of Governors, who expressed their confidence in the school and referred particularly to the dedication and commitment of the principal and the hard work of all the staff.
"The few concerns raised by the parents have been discussed with the Principal and the governors," they said.
Inspectors also met a group of children from years 6 and 7, who said they felt happy and safe in the school
The inspection focused on the work in numeracy and the effectiveness of the school's special educational needs provision, in addition evaluating the work in information and communication technology in promoting and supporting learning and teaching in mathematics as well as the school's procedures for pastoral care, including child protection.
With regard to the quality of the children's work, inspectors found them responsive and eager to contribute to class discussions, engaged and motivated and working well together in group and paired activities, while their personal and social development was enhanced through participation in a range of extra-curricular activities including netball, football, gymnastics and other Youth Sport activities.
Dromara Primary was hailed as giving very good attention to promoting health and well-being, including opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity.
There were strengths in many aspects of the arrangements for pastoral care and child protection, said the report, though inspectors identified a need for greater consultation with parents, governors and children when revising the positive behaviour policy.Regarding quality of teaching, which was otherwise satisfactory, good or better, it was found that in less successful lessons work was not always matched to the ability of the children, with tasks lacking challenge for the more able or not meeting the needs of the less able.
Inspectors said the school gave a high priority to the development of mathematics but there was room for improvement in ensuring the consistent and progressive development of children's skills across all areas of the mathematics curriculum.
The report concluded the school was well-equipped to support learning and teaching through the use of ICT and noted that the quality of the work of the special educational needs co-ordinator was a strong feature of work of the school.
In his post for about 30 years, principal Mr. Poots, said inspectors, was dedicated, hard-working and had a good knowledge and understanding of individual children, also providing many opportunities for the professional development of the staff.
Said the report, "He is ably assisted by his Vice-principal and Head of Foundation Stage and is supported by the whole staff who demonstrate a high level of professionalism.
"There is a growing culture of self-evaluation among the staff; however, there now needs to be a much sharper focus on monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of learning and teaching and ongoing improvement in the standards attained by the children."