Ohr Emes

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 29 July 2025

Pupils enjoy coming to school because they make good friends and like learning. Staff provide a high level of care and supervision. The school presents a calm and purposeful learning environment. Pupils behave respectfully and pleasantly towards each other and staff. Any upset between pupils is rare and quickly resolved. Pupils know they can go to adults in school if they have any worries. Pupils are kept safe in school. Pupils benefit from educational trips to local places of interest that bring their learning to life. The school choir's performances in front of community audiences boost pupils' confidence. Pupils are motivated to collect tokens for behaving politely and being kind and helpful at school and at home. Pupils are enthusiastic to exchange their tokens for a range of exciting prizes. Pupils respond positively to leaders' high expectations to work diligently in lessons and refocus if any reminders are needed. Pupils learn key facts in a range of subjects. However, the school does not provide pupils with opportunities to develop and apply their learning to more complex ideas. Most pupils speak Yiddish as their first language and learn also to read fluently in English. However, their access to high-quality texts in English is limited.

What the school should improve

• Teachers' checking of pupils' learning is not precise. Gaps in individual pupil's learning are not identified and resolved swiftly. The school should ensure that gaps in pupils' knowledge are systematically recognised and addressed.
• Teachers' subject knowledge in the secular curriculum is not consistently strong. Pupils' application of their learning and understanding of complex subject-specific ideas are limited. The school should develop its training programme to enhance expertise and confidence in the secular curriculum, enabling pupils to deepen their learning across all subjects.
• The school does not have firmly embedded routines in the primary phase classes to encourage pupils' enjoyment of and interest in reading. Pupils do not have frequent opportunities to read a wide range of books. The school should give pupils more opportunities to hear and read high-quality texts.
• The development of leadership is not being implemented swiftly enough in response to the areas of expansion and improvement of the school. This impacts the workload and sustainability of current leadership. Leaders, including the proprietor, should accelerate the implementation of leadership development at the school to enhance capacity and strategic oversight of the school.

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