Keser Girls School

Overview

The report describes a school where pupils feel "happy and safe" and demonstrate "high levels of respect" for one another and staff. Leaders have successfully raised standards since the previous inspection, ensuring a "broad and ambitious" curriculum that balances Kodesh and secular studies. Pupils make strong progress, particularly in reading, and are well prepared for life in modern Britain through effective personal development provision.

Strengths

• Pupils learn in "calm classrooms" and show "polite and well mannered" behaviour, holding doors open and greeting staff respectfully.
• Reading is "prioritised effectively," resulting in pupils becoming "capable and confident readers" who enjoy reading for pleasure.
• Support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is "careful," with staff making timely adaptations and seeking professional advice where needed.
• The personal development offer helps pupils understand their emotions and keep themselves safe, with younger pupils confidently reciting the mantra: "Say no, run away, tell an adult".
• Leaders and the governing body provide clear direction and "challenge and support to move the school forward."

Areas to improve

• The school must ensure checks on pupils’ learning are used "consistently" across all subjects to address misconceptions and secure foundational knowledge.
• The provision to nurture pupils’ talents and interests through clubs or other activities is "at the early stages of development" and requires further expansion.

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."