Al-Huda Primary School

Overview

The report describes a school where “a sense of happiness and security permeates” the environment, with pupils who are “highly curious” and “remarkably well behaved.” Leaders have created a “well-constructed and interesting curriculum” that supports strong academic and personal development, particularly in the early years.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “Outstanding” behaviour and attitudes, acting as “excellent ambassadors” with a deep sense of community responsibility.
• Early years provision is “Outstanding,” with staff holding “exceptionally high expectations” and developing language skills particularly well.
• Reading is “central to the curriculum,” with phonics taught “particularly well” by “ambitious and well-trained staff.”
• Personal development is “praiseworthy,” fostering an “in-depth understanding” of diverse religions and cultural diversity.
• Staff identify individual learning needs quickly, ensuring pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) “achieve well across the curriculum.”

Areas to improve

• In “a few areas of the curriculum,” teachers’ subject knowledge is “insecure,” meaning the curriculum is “not delivered consistently well.”
• The school must ensure teachers receive the “training and support that they need to deliver the curriculum effectively in all subjects” so all pupils gain the necessary depth of understanding.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”