Tawhid Boys School, Tawhid Educational Trust

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 7 May 2025

Pupils enjoy coming to this small and friendly school. Staff greet them warmly at the school gates when they arrive each day. Pupils like the fact that staff know them as individuals and do their very best to help them achieve well. Pupils know that they can speak to their tutors if they have any concerns and, as a result, this helps them to feel safe in school. The school has high expectations for pupils' academic achievement. Pupils are keen to excel, and they achieve very good outcomes in subjects such as English, mathematics and science. While such positive achievements are not currently consistent across all subjects, the school has identified the subjects where pupils achieve less well, and it has put effective strategies in place to rectify this. Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school, including at breaktimes. The school uses its premises astutely to make best use of the available space. This helps to create a harmonious community, where pupils of all ages get along well with each other. Pupils enjoy taking on leadership opportunities, for example by working as librarians in the school library. They also enjoy participating in many educational visits to museums and the theatre, and in particular a recent trip to Turkey.

What the school should improve

• Until very recently, the school's approaches to the assessment and planning of support for pupils with SEND did not accurately identify pupils' needs. As a result, the goals and support for these pupils lacked focus and were narrow in scope. Work to rectify this is new, and these pupils are not at present supported as well as they could be with their learning across the curriculum. The school should now ensure that its revised approaches are fully embedded so that all pupils with SEND get the benefit of the school's new approaches as quickly as possible.
• The school does not have suitable approaches to check how well pupils are building their awareness and understanding in PSHE. As a result, gaps in pupils' knowledge are not addressed as effectively as they could be. The school should make sure that it checks what pupils know and remember in PSHE and uses this information to adapt teaching so that pupils can fill any gaps that they have in their knowledge.

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