Greek Primary School of London

Overview: The school does not meet all of the independent school standards that were checked during this inspection. While the school has made some progress in its understanding of the statutory requirements for independent schools in England, there is still a lack of leadership capacity to carry out the school's work effectively and to ensure that the standards are met consistently.

Strengths:

• The school has maintained its secure practice with its safeguarding arrangements, with leaders and staff keeping their training up to date and following up any concerns swiftly.
• Pupils in Years 1 and 2 confidently apply their phonics knowledge and blend sounds when reading unfamiliar words, and reading has a high profile.
• The PSHE curriculum and the school's wider curriculum promote fundamental British values, with pupils participating in a 'parliament week' and making links between Greek and British values.
• Subject leaders are suitably trained and teach effective lessons in the primary school from Year 1, delivering the sequence of lessons as required for the PSHE and phonics topics.

Areas to improve:

• The school does not meet the requirements of the schedule to The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, including the standards and requirements that the school was judged to not comply with at the previous inspection.
• The school does not meet the early years foundation stage requirements, with children in the early years not experiencing the same quality of provision for phonics as their peers in key stage 1.
• The school has not met the early years requirements in multiple inspections from the standard inspection in December 2019, with improvements in the early years phase being too slow.

Safeguarding: The school has maintained its secure practice with its safeguarding arrangements, with leaders and staff keeping their training up to date and following up any concerns swiftly.