Rida Girls High School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 4 June 2024

Pupils at Rida Girls High School benefit from a school with a 'family feel' in which staff care for pupils is exemplary. Relationships between staff and pupils are warm, friendly and respectful. Pupils strive to meet the high expectations that teachers have of them and thrive in an environment in which they are encouraged to grow into confident, articulate young women. The Islamic ethos of the school underpins the positive experiences for pupils. Behaviour at the school is superb. Pupils are curious and enthusiastic in lessons. They are proud to attend the school and have high aspirations for the future. Visits from external speakers, local colleges and businesses are highly effective in helping pupils to see a positive, ambitious future for themselves. Pupils are encouraged to be leaders and to develop independence. When inspectors visited, pupils were proud to show inspectors the careers fair they had helped to organise. The upcoming culture day was a cause of excitement. Enterprise days encourage pupils to work in the community. Leaders ensure that pupils have meaningful chances to express their views about how the school could change and improve. For example, pupils were instrumental in bringing about recent changes to the school day.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of curriculum subjects, the specific knowledge that pupils need is not clearly planned so it becomes progressively more sophisticated. This means that it is not always clear what content knowledge should be covered in some subject topics. Leaders should ensure that the content knowledge mapping matches the quality of the best subjects across the whole curriculum.

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