Victoria College Prepatory School

Overview

This monitoring inspection evaluated how effectively leadership and management used self-evaluation to drive improvement, specifically focusing on the application of mathematical skills. The report concludes that the preparatory school is “identifying and bringing about the necessary improvements in the quality of education” for the selected line of inquiry. Consequently, this positive outcome will be reflected in future inspection arrangements.

Strengths

• The school maintains an “effective range of self-evaluation procedures” to monitor mathematics provision and standards, supported by a “collegiate approach” involving staff from both the preparatory school and pre-school.
• There is “good evidence of the impact of the ongoing development of problem solving” on both the standards children achieve and their “confidence in engaging in a wide range of problem solving investigations.”
• Children benefit from an “appropriate focus on the development of the children’s thinking skills” through mathematical investigations, with good opportunities to work in pairs and reflect on their learning.
• Information and communication technology is “used well to enhance learning and teaching.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The preparatory school provided evidence that arrangements for safeguarding “reflect the guidance issued by the relevant Departments.”