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Overview: Normanton House School is a good independent Islamic day school that provides a supportive environment for pupils to learn and develop. Pupils are happy and respectful, and staff are committed to providing a high-quality education.
Strengths:
- Pupils are happy and respectful, with a strong sense of community and a positive attitude to learning.
- The school has a strong ethos of 'nurturing, honouring and serving', which is consistently demonstrated by staff and pupils.
- Pupils benefit from a range of opportunities that support their personal development, including learning about equality and diversity, and developing their strength of character.
- The school has high expectations of pupils, which are realised in most subjects, and many pupils achieve well in the subjects they study.
- The school has a well-structured careers programme in place, which includes work experience for older pupils.
Areas to improve:
- Some pupils who do not achieve as well as they should are not assessed accurately to determine if they may have additional needs, and as a result, the support they receive is not precisely targeted.
- Not all staff take a consistent approach when supporting pupils to read, which can confuse pupils and slow their progress in becoming accurate and fluent readers.
- The school should ensure that there are comprehensive processes in place to accurately identify and assess any additional needs pupils may have, so that these pupils receive precise and effective support to achieve well.
Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.