Bnos Zion of Bobov

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 19 November 2024

Pupils love school and are excited about arriving each day. They are safe and appreciate the individual support and attention they receive. Pupils have a strong sense of belonging. Staff expect the very best for every pupil both academically and personally. Pupils rise to these expectations and achieve well. Behaviour in lessons and across the school is exceptional. Pupils treat each other and staff with the greatest respect. Staff communicate and model the school's high standards consistently. Pupils respond quickly to instructions and guidance from staff. They demonstrate great enthusiasm in lessons, and when talking about their learning. Pupils play harmoniously with each other in the school garden. They have full confidence that staff will take their worries and concerns seriously. Pupils enjoy the visits planned by the school each year, such as to museums, parks and fieldwork trips. Older pupils look forward to their residential trip to Devon. Staff arrange whole-school events, which pupils take the lead to organise and manage. However, the school does not ensure that its personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and relationships education programme complies with statutory guidance. This limits pupils' readiness and deeper understanding of life in modern Britain.

What the school should improve

• The school does not fulfil its statutory responsibility to pay due regard to all the protected characteristics. The PSHE and relationships education programme does not comply with statutory guidance fully. This limits pupils' understanding and preparedness for life in modern Britian. The proprietor body should make sure that the school complies with the Equality Act 2010 fully. It should also ensure that pupils are taught how to deal with important issues, including aspects such as consent and harassment, in an age-appropriate way.
• In some areas of learning in the early years, the school has not identified precisely the important knowledge children should learn step by step. This means staff sometimes design activities which do not help children develop their knowledge and skills securely. The school should make sure that the curriculum in all areas of learning is well sequenced and staff have the information they need to check and ensure that children succeed in all aspects of the curriculum.
• The curriculum in some foundation subjects in the primary phase lacks depth and ambition. Additionally, teachers' subject knowledge is variable in these subjects, leading to some of the curriculum content not being covered as intended. As a result, pupils in the primary phase do not build a deeper body of knowledge and understanding in some subjects. The school should make sure that the curriculum in all primary phase subjects is coherent and staff have strong subject knowledge to deliver the curriculum content effectively.

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