The Swedish School

Overview: The Swedish School is a small and friendly independent school that provides education for Swedish-speaking pupils, with some subjects taught in English. Pupils enjoy being part of the community and develop positive relationships with each other and their teachers. They achieve highly and are motivated by leaders' and teachers' high expectations.

Strengths:

• Pupils enjoy being part of the community and develop positive relationships with each other and their teachers.
• Pupils achieve highly and are motivated by leaders' and teachers' high expectations.
• Leaders make extensive use of resources and opportunities in London to support pupils' learning.
• Teachers closely follow leaders' curriculum and check routinely that pupils' recall of essential knowledge and skills is secure.
• The school has a well-designed programme of careers education and provides a strong programme of training for staff.

Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Leaders know up-to-date requirements and ensure that staff are alert to any indication that pupils might be at risk.