Lubavitch Yeshiva Ketanah of London

Overview

The report states that safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture where concerns are actively managed. However, the school requires urgent improvement in achievement, curriculum, inclusion, leadership, and personal development. Leaders and governors do not ensure the school meets its obligation to deliver a broad, high-quality secular curriculum, leaving pupils “wholly unprepared for their next educational steps.”

Strengths

• Pupils “attend school regularly” and “learn respectfully and with enthusiasm,” contributing willingly in class.
• Leaders have “positive professional relationships with parents and carers” and act swiftly when pupils are absent or late.
• Pupils “feel safe” and are free from harassment, with bullying addressed effectively on the rare occasions it arises.
• Staff have “positive working relationships with senior leaders” and report no concerns about workload or wellbeing.
• Pupils value school outings and community events, such as the annual visit to Wales and religious festival activities.

Areas to improve

• The curriculum is “not ambitious enough” and “very narrow,” with Years 10 and 11 receiving no secular education and Years 7–9 having limited access to subjects.
• There is “no formalised support” for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and leaders do not systematically identify or track these needs.
• The school fails to deliver statutory relationships and sex education, and pupils lack knowledge of protected characteristics and careers guidance.

Safeguarding

The report confirms that safeguarding standards are met, noting that leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer.