Normanton House School

Overview

Normanton House School is an independent Islamic day school where pupils are described as happy, respectful, and proud of their community. The report highlights a strong ethos of ‘nurturing, honouring and serving’, with pupils demonstrating ‘exemplary’ behaviour and high attendance. While the quality of education has improved significantly since the previous inspection, inconsistencies remain in curriculum planning and support for struggling learners.

Strengths

• Pupils display ‘highly positive attitudes to their education’ and are ‘diligent and committed to producing their best work’.
• The mathematics curriculum is ‘ambitious and delivered in a well-sequenced way’, with other subjects like English, Arabic, and Urdu now matching these standards.
• Staff are well supported, with recent improvements to processes having a ‘positive impact on their workload’.
• The school effectively promotes personal development, including a ‘well thought through’ personal, social, health and economic education curriculum and a structured careers programme.
• Trustees and senior leaders ‘know it well’ and ensure the school consistently meets independent school standards.

Areas to improve

• The school must establish ‘comprehensive processes’ to accurately identify and assess pupils with additional learning needs, ensuring support is ‘precisely targeted’.
• Staff must adopt a ‘consistent approach’ when supporting pupils with reading to prevent confusion and errors in using phonics.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’.