Madani Secondary Girls' School

Overview:

Pupils enjoy their time at this small and nurturing school, where they develop their self-esteem, compassion, and integrity. The school has high ambitions for its pupils, who typically achieve well and are ready for their next steps. The behaviour of pupils is excellent, with positive attitudes to learning.

Strengths:

• Pupils are exceptionally well prepared for life in modern Britain, learning about human rights, diversity, and the importance of respecting the views and values of others.

• The school is a harmonious community where pupils encourage and support each other.

• Pupils are taught to stay healthy and safe, including online, and tackle age-appropriate themes within the school's relationships and sex education programme.

• Teachers are experts in their subjects, delivering new knowledge clearly and placing a strong emphasis on key vocabulary.

• The school accurately identifies the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, providing them with the support they need to be successful.

Areas to improve:

• At times, teachers are overly reliant on summative assessment to check what pupils know and to provide pupils with feedback, which can lead to pupils not being clear about what they need to do to improve between assessment points.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.