London East Academy

Overview:

Pupils are happy and proud to attend London East Academy, where they are taught the importance of treating others equally, fairly and with respect. The school provides a broad curriculum that meets the requirements of the independent school standards, and pupils achieve well in their studies. The school's careers programme prepares pupils well to make choices for their next steps post-16.

Strengths:

• Pupils are happy and proud to attend the school, where they are taught the importance of treating others equally, fairly and with respect.

• Pupils achieve well in their studies, with behaviour that is exceptional and concentration that is good.

• The school provides a broad curriculum that meets the requirements of the independent school standards.

• Pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain, with a strong moral understanding and knowledge of fundamental British values.

• The school's careers programme prepares pupils well to make choices for their next steps post-16.

Areas to improve:

• The school has not ensured that the important key concepts that pupils need to know and remember have been identified equally well in all subjects, which means some teaching does not build pupils' cumulative knowledge and link new learning with what pupils have learned before.

• In a small number of subjects, leaders have not identified as precisely the important knowledge that pupils should know and remember, which means that sometimes pupils are not as well prepared for future learning.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.