Darul Uloom London School

Overview

The report states that the school “does not meet all of the independent school standards that were checked during this inspection.” Inspectors found that the quality of education “remains inconsistent” and that previously met standards regarding welfare, health, safety, and leadership are now unmet. The inspection highlights significant failures in safeguarding arrangements and governance compliance.

Strengths

• A “positive culture for behaviour continues,” with pupils described as “focused on their learning” and attentive.
• Plans to develop pupils’ reading, knowledge, and skills are “well underway,” with pupils “in the process of learning a richer body of knowledge.”
• The school’s assessment system is being “increasingly well used by teachers to check that pupils understand important knowledge.”
• The safeguarding policy is “suitable” and meets statutory requirements, being available to parents on the website.
• Leaders “log and track behaviour incidents appropriately,” and pupils value recognition for positive behaviour.

Areas to improve

• The sixth-form offer remains “limited and unclear,” and there is “no creative education offer” as a coherently planned curriculum subject.
• Safeguarding arrangements are “ineffective,” with serious concerns regarding risk assessments, first-aid record-keeping, and the anti-bullying strategy lacking strategic oversight.
• Governance failures include the school operating beyond its registration agreement, with new trustees lacking required safer recruitment checks and safeguarding training.

Safeguarding

Inspectors found safeguarding arrangements to be “ineffective,” citing administrative errors in the single central record, a lack of rigour in safeguarding and first-aid records, and failures in ensuring staff understand statutory duties and follow agreed safety procedures.