Ateres Elisheva

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 13 June 2023

Pupils at Ateres Elisheva are happy and enjoy attending school. They are greeted each morning by teachers with a smile. They like spending time with their friends and are enthusiastic about learning. They learn about a wide range of secular subjects (Chol) in addition to Jewish studies (Kodesh). Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well. This prepares pupils well for the next stage of their education. Leaders and teachers have high expectations for pupils' learning and behaviour. Pupils meet these aims by working hard and behaving very well. Pupils are inquisitive and contribute eagerly during lessons. Children in the early years are quick to settle and learn routines. Pupils are well mannered and kind to each other and staff. This helps them to feel safe. Any incidents of unacceptable behaviour are dealt with effectively and sensitively by leaders. This includes any rare occurrences of bullying. Leaders build up pupils' sense of self-worth and self-belief. This helps pupils to develop confidence and resilience over their time at school. Leaders have created a thriving Sunday club where pupils love contributing to the creation of their own 'middos kinder' book. They learn about the interplay between Hebrew and British values and understand the importance of respect, acceptance and judging others favourably. Parents and carers speak warmly of the school. A typical parent comment was, 'This is a fantastic school. It is by far the most caring. The teachers are there for the children to help them to learn and achieve.'

What the school should improve

• Leaders have not identified all the essential information that pupils must learn across a small number of subjects. Neither have they ensured that the curriculum in these subjects builds from the early years into key stage 1 sufficiently well. This prevents teachers from identifying accurately, and building on, what pupils should know and remember. Leaders should ensure that all curriculums are complete and logically ordered and that they set out the most important things that pupils need to know and remember. This is to ensure that all pupils are even better prepared for the next stage of their education.
• The curriculum subject training that staff have received, to meet the learning needs of pupils, is not applied equally well across subjects. While pupils achieve well overall, the curriculum does not enable some pupils to develop their knowledge in some subjects to the same depth as in other subjects. Leaders should ensure that the training staff have received to meet all pupils' learning needs is consistently applied across the full range of subjects.

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