TTD Gur School

Overview: The school does not meet all of the independent school standards that were checked during this inspection. The school has made some progress in improving its curriculum and safeguarding, but it still does not meet some of the standards.

Strengths:

• The school has designed a new curriculum that extends beyond English and mathematics, and includes science, geography, and history.
• The school has implemented a curriculum for physical education for all year groups.
• The school has clearly identified the key knowledge and skills that pupils should learn in these subjects with clear end points.
• The school has a suitable accessibility policy in place, meeting the requirements of schedule 10 of the Equality Act 2010.
• The school has developed a curriculum for the early years foundation stage, covering all seven areas of learning and development.

Areas to improve:

• The school does not offer a broad range of subjects as required by the standards, for example, there is not a technology or aesthetic and creative curriculum.
• Teaching does not use effective activities in lessons to enable pupils to make progress through the curriculum.
• Teaching does not routinely identify gaps in pupils’ prior knowledge that may prevent them accessing the lesson content.
• The curriculum is still too narrow, and as a result, some standards remain unmet.
• The school does not meet the requirements of the independent school standards, including the standards for quality of education provided and quality of leadership in and management of schools.

Safeguarding: The school has an up-to-date safeguarding policy that takes account of current government requirements, and all staff receive regular safeguarding training.