OMG Education

Overview

This emergency inspection found that OMG Education “meets all of the independent school standards that were checked during this inspection.” Commissioned following safeguarding concerns, the report highlights “rapid improvements” driven by new leadership and external audit support. The proprietor has ensured compliance across all checked areas, including education, welfare, and premises.

Strengths

• Staff possess the subject expertise to adapt teaching for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring they “make secure progress from their starting points.”
• Safeguarding is robust, with a “well-trained team” that takes “timely action to support any pupils at risk of harm” and engages external professionals quickly.
• Pupils “behave well” because staff help them manage emotions and communicate needs, resulting in pupils spending “most of their time happy and learning.”
• The curriculum is “ambitious and planned to meet their needs,” with specific priority given to mathematics and language skills.
• Premises are “clean and maintained well,” with adequate toilet and washing facilities across both sites.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure “the breadth of the curriculum and that the sequencing of topics is consistently well thought out,” with changes currently underway.
• Health and safety policies are being updated to “better reflect the differences between each site.”
• Attendance procedures have been strengthened after recent months where they were “not been as robust as they should be.”

Safeguarding

The report states that safeguarding arrangements are effective, with staff being “highly vigilant to the signs that a pupil may be experiencing harm” and clear processes in place to raise concerns.