Tiferes

Overview

Pupils thrive in this “happy and welcoming school” where behaviour is “exemplary” and attitudes towards learning are “remarkably positive.” The curriculum is “broad and ambitious,” enabling pupils, including those with special educational needs, to achieve well. However, the school fails to meet independent school standards due to gaps in personal development and leadership, resulting in an overall effectiveness judgement of “Requires improvement.”

Strengths

• Pupils display “exemplary” behaviour, are “polite and respectful,” and have “remarkably positive attitudes towards learning.”
• The curriculum is “thoughtfully designed” with knowledge “carefully ordered and revisited,” allowing pupils to build secure understanding.
• Reading is a priority; staff act “swiftly to help any pupils who find reading difficult,” resulting in many being “fluent, accurate and confident readers.”
• Staff receive support to reduce workload, and parents value the “care and strong partnership working.”

Areas to improve

• The school must ensure errors in pupils’ writing are “identified and addressed consistently” to prevent persistent mistakes.
• The proprietor must ensure pupils learn about “protected characteristics” and receive a statutory relationships and sex education (RSE) programme to prepare them for life in modern Britain.
• Leadership must ensure all independent school standards are “consistently and securely met,” particularly regarding spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.