Rida Girls High School

Overview: Rida Girls High School is a secondary school for girls with an Islamic ethos, where pupils benefit from a 'family feel' and staff care is exemplary. The school has a strong focus on personal development and academic achievement, with a unique and ambitious approach to careers education.

Strengths:

• Pupils are encouraged to be leaders and develop independence, with opportunities to express their views and contribute to school improvement.
• The school has a strong focus on reading, with dedicated reading lessons and phonics training for staff.
• The personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum teaches pupils the importance of respect, and relationships education ensures pupils can talk about issues related to consent confidently.
• The school has a unique and ambitious approach to careers education, with pupils having conversations about careers from the beginning of their time at the school.

Areas to improve:

• In a small number of curriculum subjects, the specific knowledge that pupils need is not clearly planned so it becomes progressively more sophisticated.
• It is not always clear what content knowledge should be covered in some subject topics.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.