London Vocational Ballet School

Overview:

The school is likely to meet the relevant independent school standards if the material change relating to the school provision is implemented. The school has made significant investments in renting and refurbishing more space to accommodate its request for a material change. The proprietor body has given careful thought to how it can extend the school's capacity to offer more pupils the opportunity to be educated in this specialist dance school.

Strengths:

• A strong culture of safeguarding at this school, with staff being vigilant and pupils feeling safe.
• Robust staff recruitment procedures and an up-to-date safeguarding policy.
• Suitable health and safety and risk assessment policies, with regular checks and servicing of firefighting equipment, emergency lighting, and fire alarms.
• A high staff-to-pupil ratio, with adults always present throughout the day, including during social times.
• A supervision policy that is applied effectively.

Areas to improve:

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding:

There is a strong culture of safeguarding at this school, with staff being vigilant and pupils feeling safe.