ES Independent School

Overview:

Pupils feel happy and safe at this school, where leaders have established a friendly and supportive environment. Pupils appreciate the wealth of support that leaders provide, and teachers help pupils to gain confidence and believe in themselves again. The school meets the independent school standards.

Strengths:

• Pupils feel happy and safe at this school.

• Leaders have established a friendly and supportive environment.

• Teachers help pupils to gain confidence and believe in themselves again.

• Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ learning and behaviour.

• Pupils learn how to manage their emotions and behaviour.

Areas to improve:

• In one or two subjects, leaders are in the process of finalising the essential knowledge that pupils should learn. On occasion, this hinders how deeply pupils learn in these subjects.

• A few pupils do not attend school as often as they should, missing out on important learning and enrichment opportunities.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders ensuring that all staff have up-to-date and relevant safeguarding training, and staff being keenly aware of the dangers that pupils may face.