Green Heath School

Overview

The inspection found that the school “does not meet all of the independent school standards that were checked during this inspection.” This outcome was primarily because the school was temporarily closed with “no pupils on site or on the school roll,” preventing inspectors from observing teaching or assessing curriculum impact. While leaders have addressed previous failings in assessment and information provision, there is “insufficient evidence to judge” whether core educational standards are met, and the new premises are “unlikely to meet” requirements for outdoor physical education space.

Strengths

• Leaders have established a “suitable assessment framework” to check language proficiency and identify educational gaps, meeting the standard for regular pupil assessment.
• The proprietor has ensured all “appropriate recruitment checks are complete and recorded,” meeting standards for staff suitability.
• The redesigned website now publishes all required information, including the safeguarding policy and previous inspection reports, meeting provision of information standards.
• The new building provides “bright, welcoming and well resourced” classrooms with suitable lighting, acoustics, and safe facilities for the proposed reduced pupil numbers.
• Leaders are “well informed about the types of safeguarding vulnerabilities and risks” for their specialist pupil intake.

Areas to improve

• The school must provide “suitable outdoor space” to enable physical education, as current on-site provision is limited and access to a local sports centre is not yet formalised.
• Leaders must demonstrate that the curriculum is “implemented effectively” and that teaching enables pupils to make good progress, which could not be verified due to the absence of pupils.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s safeguarding policy “meets all requirements,” is published on the website, and that leaders ensure pupils’ safeguarding and welfare are the “priority of the school.”