Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest

Overview

The report describes the school as a "happy place for pupils to learn and play," where students are "proud to attend" and demonstrate "exemplary" behaviour. Leaders have designed an "ambitious, well-organised curriculum" that ensures pupils build knowledge logically, resulting in high achievement and consistently high attendance.

Strengths

• Pupils display "highly respectful attitudes" and "exemplary" behaviour, contributing to a strong culture of learning.
• Teachers use "strong subject knowledge" to engage pupils and check understanding regularly, ensuring knowledge is "secure".
• Reading is a high priority, with timely checks and support for pupils for whom English is an additional language, fostering a "love of reading".
• The school provides a "suitably wide range of activities" beyond the academic curriculum, including trips abroad and career guidance.
• Attendance is "consistently high," with leaders effectively analysing data to address absences.

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, adaptations for pupils with special educational needs are not always "matched carefully enough to pupils’ particular needs," hampering their ability to access the curriculum.
• In a small number of subjects, the understanding of the curriculum’s impact on pupils’ long-term knowledge retention is at an "early stage," limiting leaders' ability to ensure pupils "know more and remember more over time".

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective" and that the school has a suitable policy published on its website.