Tayyibah Girls' School

Overview

Tayyibah Girls’ School is an independent day school for girls aged four to 18, judged as ‘Good’ overall with ‘Outstanding’ behaviour and attitudes. The report describes a close-knit community where pupils behave with “exceptional maturity” and treat others with “great respect.” Leaders foster nurturing relationships, ensuring pupils feel safe and supported in their academic and personal development.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “high levels of self-discipline” and form “close, supportive friendships,” contributing to an exemplary behaviour culture.
• Reading is prioritised effectively, with early years pupils learning to read “confidently and fluently” through daily phonics teaching and library visits.
• The curriculum is “logically sequenced,” helping pupils connect new learning to previous knowledge, such as progressing from simple maps to analysing satellite imagery.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are promptly identified and supported to “learn the curriculum effectively alongside their peers.”
• Leaders maintain “secure oversight” and actively consider staff wellbeing, ensuring the school meets independent school standards robustly.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure “essential knowledge for pupils to learn is clear” so that activity choices focus on required information, as this is occasionally lacking.
• Checks on learning need to be more precise to identify and “swiftly address precise gaps in knowledge” that are sometimes overlooked.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” noting an open culture that puts pupils’ interests first.