Edullect Academy Independent School

Overview: The school is likely to meet all the independent school standards when it opens.

Strengths:

• The proprietor has drawn up clear and detailed schemes of work for all subjects, reflecting the school's written curriculum policy and aims.
• The curriculum is designed to promote pupils' development by focusing on creativity, resilience, independence, technological readiness, inclusivity, action and learnership.
• The school's relationship and sex education (RSE) curriculum is based on a commercial scheme, complemented by the programmes for PSHE and RE.
• The school's approach to assessment is suitably clear and likely to meet requirements.
• The proprietor has robust procedures in place to ensure the suitability of staff appointed to the school.
• The school's proposed premises have been comprehensively overhauled to provide appropriate accommodation for pupils aged from 3 to 11.
• The school's proposed website gives appropriate access to a wide range of policies, including those for safeguarding, rewards and sanctions, the curriculum, health and safety, complaints, behaviour and first aid.
• The school's proposed early years curriculum is appropriately detailed and reflects clearly the seven areas of learning and development as set out in the statutory framework.

Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding: Arrangements to safeguard pupils are set out clearly in the school's child protection policy, which is suitably detailed and reflects the current government guidance.