Froebel House School

Overview:

Froebel House School is a mixed independent school for children aged 3-11. The school has a calm and purposeful environment, with staff having high expectations for pupils' behaviour. Pupils are kept safe, and parents praise the school for ensuring their children are 'happy and secure'. However, pupils do not learn as well as they should, and the school does not have suitable procedures to check the quality of education.

Strengths:

• The school has a calm and purposeful environment.
• Staff have high expectations for pupils' behaviour.
• Pupils are kept safe due to staff receiving appropriate training.
• The school has high aspirations for pupils' achievement.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious.
• Most curriculum subjects are well sequenced to build pupils' knowledge and skills logically.
• Staff tailor learning, resources and support to meet the individual needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• The school has accurately identified that provision for pupils with SEND needs skilled oversight so that pupils can achieve their best.
• Children in the early years enjoy personalised learning and care.
• The curriculum promotes pupils' personal development well.
• Pupils develop their understanding of respect for the beliefs and opinions of others.
• The school proudly celebrates the range of pupils' cultural backgrounds.
• Pupils know how to stay safe, including from drugs, alcohol and when online.
• The school has appropriate procedures and policies for dealing with behaviour, health and safety.

Areas to improve:

• The school does not have suitable procedures in place to check the quality of education and how well teachers measure pupils' progress through the curriculum.
• The implementation of the curriculum varies in some subjects and classes, and pupils do not achieve as well as they could.
• The school offers a limited range of experiences for pupils to learn about life beyond school and enhance their learning.
• Children in the early years do not have appropriate provision to develop their learning in an outdoor environment.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.