International School of London

Overview: The International School of London provides a good quality of education, with a broad curriculum that includes learning modern foreign languages. Pupils enjoy studying and are encouraged to respect the many different backgrounds, faiths and beliefs of their peers. The school has a strong emphasis on explaining key vocabulary and ensuring that pupils remember specific words in the long term.

Strengths:

• The curriculum is coherently structured from early years to sixth form, with pupils exploring themes and concepts that go across subjects.
• Teachers create opportunities for pupils to discuss and share their learning in lessons, helping to develop their communication skills.
• The school has strong systems in place to identify pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and teachers adapt their teaching to help all pupils access the same curriculum.

Areas to improve:

• Staff do not routinely check in class what pupils know and remember, particularly in the secondary phase, which means that some gaps in knowledge are not identified and addressed.
• At times, there is a lack of rigour in the way that leaders and the proprietor body check and evaluate aspects of the school's work, which means that sometimes, leaders do not ensure and assure themselves that the school's work follows what is intended.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.