Markazul Uloom

Overview: Markazul Uloom is an independent school with a strong attendance record, where pupils behave well and feel safe. However, the school requires improvement in several areas, including teaching, inclusion, and leadership and management.

Strengths:

• Attendance is consistently high, with most pupils attending regularly and overall attendance remaining above national levels.
• Pupils behave well in lessons and at social times, treating each other and adults with respect and following the school's routines without the need for frequent reminders.
• Pupils show positive attitudes to learning, engaging very well in lessons, completing their work, and taking pride in what they do.
• Pupils are well supported to develop into respectful, informed, and responsible individuals.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfilling their specific responsibilities and establishing an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

Areas to improve:

• The school requires improvement in the quality of teaching, particularly in newer subjects where teachers are sometimes teaching outside their main subject area.
• The school needs to strengthen how it identifies, assesses, and supports pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• The school needs to ensure that it has clear and consistent systems in place to identify pupils who need support with reading.
• The school needs to embed the revised curriculum by ensuring that staff have the subject knowledge and expertise they need to teach it consistently well across subjects.
• The school needs to improve leadership and management, including ensuring that all independent school standards are met consistently.

Safeguarding: Safeguarding standards are met, with leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfilling their specific responsibilities and establishing an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.