Jamea Al Kauthar

Lancaster, LA1 5AJ · Lancashire · secondary school

Ofsted: Good Independent (fee-paying) Girls Secondary
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Pupils261
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Overview: Jamea Al Kauthar is a Muslim boarding school for girls that provides a high-quality education, with pupils leaving the school as confident and articulate individuals with a strong understanding of the world around them. The school has high expectations for each pupil and provides them with the support they need to achieve their potential.

Strengths:

  • Pupils learn a curriculum that meets their needs well and leave the school with a strong understanding of the world around them.
  • Pupils display exemplary attitudes to learning, giving their best effort and encouraging others to do the same.
  • Pupils have a deep understanding of how the school supports their character development, with a thorough understanding of diversity and equality.
  • The school has a well-established careers programme that supports pupils to have ambitions for their future and set realistic goals to achieve them.
  • Staff feel well supported by leaders to develop in their roles and value the guidance they receive.

Areas to improve:

  • The school does not routinely check what pupils have learned and remembered in enough detail, resulting in some errors and misconceptions going unnoticed and persisting over time.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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