Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 11 February 2025

Pupils appreciate the school's kind and nurturing culture. They know leaders and school staff care deeply about their well-being. The school provides many ways for pupils to communicate their feelings and share any worries that may arise. It provides pupils with compassionate help and support if they need it. Pupils are happy and safe in school. Pupils behave with great maturity. They look after each other well. When pupils join the school in Year 7, they become part of the 'big sister little sister' programme. This arrangement ensures that Year 7 pupils have a sixth-form student friend and role model to help them settle in. The school is equally ambitious for pupils' academic achievement and personal development. It encourages pupils to be confident and speak up for themselves. Pupils share feedback and make decisions on what they want. These include advising on courses to be incorporated in the sixth-form provision and sharing their wishes for celebratory events. The school is not meeting its statutory obligations to ensure the independent school standards (the standards) are met securely. This is because it has chosen to omit some essential information from the curriculum. This means pupils do not receive curriculum content in line with the law.

What the school should improve

• Sometimes, the school's approaches to assessment do not enable teachers to check sufficiently well that pupils have learned the knowledge in the curriculum. This means gaps in pupils' knowledge are not addressed quickly with accuracy and rigour. The school should ensure that staff are equipped with the expertise to check pupils have developed secure subject knowledge.
• The provision for relationships and sex education does not include compulsory information about different types of relationships. As a result, the school does not meet its legal obligation under section 80A of the Education Act 2002. The school must ensure that the curriculum includes all the required content so it complies with the law.
• The school does not provide pupils with information on the legal rights of all the protected groups under the Equality Act 2010. Therefore, pupils do not gain an understanding of all the different groups of people protected under UK law. The school must ensure it meets its statutory obligation to inform pupils of the rights of all the protected groups under the Equality Act 2010.
• The proprietor and leaders do not ensure the school meets the standards consistently and securely. As a result, the school does not meet its legal obligations. The proprietor must make sure that the standards are met in full by addressing the unmet standards effectively.

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