A Glowing Ofsted Inspection Report
This year was inspection year and in June we had the inspectors in inspecting all 3 stages of school provision (Nursery, Primary and Secondary). This years inspection came with the added pressure of the Inspection team themselves being observed by Ofsted to ensure that they were doing their jobs efficiently and to the appropriate standards.
For two weeks the teaching and management staff blurred day and night into one one continous time slot in an effort to put the finishing touches to the good work that had been put in into the school since the last inspection.
The end result was the glowing report that we received recognising the good work that has been out into the school.
Below are some extracts from the report:
Evaluation of the school
The school is largely achieving its aim by providing pupils with a generally good quality of education within a secure Islamic environment. Because of the excellent quality of relationships between adults and pupils and the commitment of all staff, pupils’ behaviour is excellent; they have positive attitudes to learning; being well cared for they thrive and grow in their faith. Consequently, parents say they are very pleased with their children’s education. Pupils enjoy coming to school and by the time they leave they have made good progress in both the development of their personal characters and in external examinations, so they are well prepared for the next stage of their education. The quality of teaching is satisfactory and much is good. A very high proportion of teachers are new and inexperienced, most having joined the school in this academic year. The senior managers have responded with a programme of well-targeted support and mentoring for these teachers. Pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good and the necessary welfare, health and safety policies are in place and implemented effectively.
Quality of education provided
The quality of education provided has many good features. It is never less than satisfactory because of the supportive learning environment based on excellent relationships between adults and pupils. By the time they leave school, the broad curriculum and positive Islamic ethos enables pupils to have made good progress in their personal characters and to achieve well in external examinations.
This broad curriculum throughout each key stage is based firmly on the National Curriculum core and foundation subjects, except for music. In the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) the curriculum is carefully planned to enable pupils to make progress towards their early learning goals.
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils
Pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good. The school is making progress in its aim to help pupils become ‘productive model Muslim citizens who will confidently engage within society.’ A clear direction is provided by the most knowledgeable members of staff and underpins the good foundations to the Islamic identity of the school.
Full ofsted reports are available on the downloads page