Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya

Overview:

Pupils consider it a privilege to be part of this caring school community, where they grow in confidence and express their religious identity freely. Pupils are successful in both their Islamic learning and academic qualifications. The school provides a comprehensive programme of personal development, incorporating a well-considered careers programme and a range of extra-curricular opportunities.

Strengths:

• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary, with pupils being thoughtful and polite when debating social and moral issues.
• The school provides a rich and diverse education, broadening pupils’ cultural understanding and helping them to develop a deep respect for people from all faiths and backgrounds.
• Staff feel well supported in their work, with the proprietor ensuring that staff benefit from suitable training to carry out many aspects of their roles.
• The school provides a comprehensive programme of personal development across all key stages, incorporating a well-considered careers programme and a range of extra-curricular opportunities.

Areas to improve:

• The strategies that teachers use to assess pupils’ knowledge, including their reading knowledge, do not identify specific gaps in pupils’ learning accurately.
• Some of the proprietor’s quality assurance processes lack rigour, not providing the proprietor with enough reassurance that the standards are met consistently.
• Some information related to safeguarding is not properly recorded, which has the potential for crucial details and patterns linked to pupils’ well-being and safety to go unnoticed.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with the proprietor ensuring that staff are well trained and knowledgeable about their safeguarding responsibilities, creating a culture of vigilance and care in the school.