The Stewart Bilingual School

School progress monitoring inspection report

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La Petite Ecole Bilingue 90 Oxford Gardens, London W10 5UW

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Main inspection findings

Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils Paragraphs 7, 7(a), 7(b), 32(1), 32(1)(c), 34(1), 34(1)(a) and 34(1)(b)  At the previous full standard inspection in November 2018, the school’s child protection policy had not been updated to include all the government’s current requirements. Additionally, although leaders and staff had recently received safeguarding training it had also not been fully aligned to the latest guidance.  This inspection found that leaders have successfully implemented their action plan.  The school’s child protection policy, now updated to reflect the latest statutory guidance, is available on the school’s website. Leaders have completed an appropriately enhanced level of training; and all staff have completed online training, and are regularly updated and quizzed on their knowledge and understanding of current statutory guidance.  The school’s culture of safety continues to be strong. Systems for recognising, recording

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Main inspection findings

and referring concerns continue to ensure that pupils are kept as safe as possible.  As a result, the independent schools standards judged as not met in November 2018 are now met.

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Compliance with regulatory requirements

The school meets the requirements of the schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 (‘the independent school standards’) and associated requirements that were checked during this inspection. This included the standards and requirements that the school was judged to not comply with at the previous inspection. Not all of the standards and associated requirements were checked during this inspection.

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Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils

 7 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that–

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Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils

– 7(b) arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils at the school have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

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Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools

 34(1) The standard about the quality of leadership and management is met if the proprietor ensures that persons with leadership and management responsibilities at the school–

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Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools

– 34(1)(a) demonstrate good skills and knowledge appropriate to their role so that the independent school standards are met consistently

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Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools

– 34(1)(b) fulfil their responsibilities effectively so that the independent school standards are met consistently.

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School details

This inspection was carried out under section 109(1) and (2) of the Education and Skills Act 2008, the purpose of which is to advise the Secretary of State for Education about the school’s suitability for continued registration as an independent school.

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School details

Website http://petiteecolebilingue.free.fr/

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School details

Date of previous standard inspection 13–15 November 2018

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Information about this school

 La Petite Ecole Bilingue opened in September 2012 and is based in a large house in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is a bilingual school that offers pupils both the British and French national curriculums.  The early years provision comprises one Reception class which children attend on a full- time basis. There are no Nursery classes.  The school is owned by one proprietor, who is supported by a consultation board.  The school was last inspected in November 2018, when it was judged to require improvement.  Leaders intend to relocate the school to new premises from September 2019.

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Information about this inspection

 This inspection was carried out at the request of the registration authority for independent schools. The purpose of the inspection was to monitor the progress the school has made in meeting the independent school standards and other requirements that it was judged to not comply with at its previous inspection.  In November 2018, a full standard inspection of the school judged it to require improvement. This inspection was the school’s first progress monitoring inspection and was conducted without notice.  The inspection focused on the school’s progress against specific requirements within Parts 3 and 8 of the independent school standards.  The inspector met with the headteacher. He toured the premises with the school’s administrator and scrutinised the school’s systems and documentation related to safeguarding. He also met with two members of teaching staff.  The inspection took account of the 16 responses to Ofsted’s online survey for parents,

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