Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain, London Welsh School

Overview: Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain, London Welsh School, has a small number of pupils and a caring staff who provide a nurturing environment. However, the school has significant weaknesses in safeguarding, attendance, and leadership, which put pupils at risk of harm.

Strengths:

• Pupils are well-prepared for their next stages of learning.
• The school delivers the Welsh curriculum with suitable adaptations to meet the needs of its mixed-age class.
• Staff design lessons carefully to enable all pupils to learn and make progress from their starting points.
• The curriculum for personal, social, health and economic education is suitable and well-thought through.
• Pupils are encouraged to participate in clubs, trips, festivals, and community events which support their social, emotional, and cultural growth.

Areas to improve:

• Safeguarding: Leaders have not ensured that there is an open and positive culture around safeguarding, putting pupils at significant risk of harm.
• Attendance: The proprietor has not kept up with changes in its legal responsibility to keep an attendance register in line with the School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024.
• Leadership and governance: The proprietor does not have an accurate view of the school's strengths or the areas it needs to improve, and systems and procedures to provide oversight and assurance are weak or missing.

Safeguarding: Leaders have not ensured that there is an open and positive culture around safeguarding, putting pupils at significant risk of harm.