Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 16 September 2025

Pupils experience a warm and welcoming environment at this school. They enjoy learning each day and attend well. Pupils use words like 'family' and 'sisterhood' to describe the relationships that they form with their peers and staff. They behave well and demonstrate respect and courtesy to one another and visitors. Pupils are not worried about bullying or unpleasant behaviour. They are confident that they could share any concerns with staff and that they would be supported well. The school is ambitious about what pupils can achieve and has made significant improvements to the curriculum and the wider offer that is in place. This ensures that pupils achieve well. They learn about themselves and other cultures during their time at the school. The notion of contributing to society is central to the school's vision for the pupils. Pupils play a role in the local community by litter picking and visiting the local care home. They develop their confidence and resilience including by practising public speaking. Students in the sixth form support their younger peers in lessons and organise the school's tuck shop. Pupils often support one another in lessons, providing encouragement and advice.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, the curriculum and the way in which it is taught do not routinely provide high-quality opportunities for pupils to deepen their understanding. As a result, pupils are not confidently able to engage with the most complex aspects of those subjects, such as how to think like an historian. The school should ensure that staff know how to provide appropriate opportunities that enable pupils to learn about the most sophisticated aspects of the subjects that they study.
• The scope of the extra-curricular provision for pupils is not as broad as it could be. The school does not have precise oversight of how well pupils take up this offer. This means that pupils do not develop their talents and interests as well as they might. The school should ensure that the breadth of opportunity for pupils to develop their interests, and its oversight of this offer, enables pupils to broaden their experiences and develop their talents.
• In some areas, such as behaviour and attendance, the school does not yet have an accurate overview of the impact of its actions. As a result, it is unable to evaluate fully the impact these actions are having on pupils. The school needs to ensure that it evaluates all aspects of its work effectively so that it can quickly address any shortcomings and build on the strengths that already exist.

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