Liral Veget College London

Liral Veget College London 148–150 Old Kent Road, London SE1 5TY

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Inadequate

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Insufficient evidence

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Insufficient evidence

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Outcomes for pupils Insufficient evidence

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Sixth form provision Insufficient evidence

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Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not previously inspected

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Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

 The proprietor has not ensured that the school is ready to educate and safeguard 14- to 19- year-old pupils with complex special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).  The proprietor has not adapted the premises so that they are suitable for educating pupils, particularly those with complex SEND.  The proprietor has not ensured that all of the independent school standards are met.  The school was registered to admit pupils from September 2018. No pupils aged 14 to 19 years have attended the school or are currently on the school roll. No pupils are due to be admitted onto the school roll in the foreseeable future.  Safeguarding arrangements are ineffective. The proprietor has not ensured the health, safety and well-being of staff and potential pupils.  Some checks on the suitability of staff to work at the school are still pending, despite them being employed for several months.  The premises do not ensure the safety and well-

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Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

 Staff have had access to relevant  safeguarding training.  The school has some appropriate policies and generic schemes of work in place.

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Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

 The school does not meet the requirements of the schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 („the independent school standards‟) and associated requirements.

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What does the school need to do to improve further?

 The proprietor must ensure that the premises are ready to educate and safeguard potential pupils with complex SEND by ensuring that: – the written health and safety policy and risk assessments take into consideration the needs of the proposed pupils and staff, with particular regard to the location of the premises, so that appropriate action is taken to reduce risks – they comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005[12], with particular regard to fire doors – they identify separate toilet facilities for boys and girls and that these are for the sole use of pupils – checks on the suitability of staff to work at the school are in line with statutory guidance and completed before or soon after they have commenced work – the premises are adapted to ensure the safety and well-being of staff and potential pupils.  The proprietor must ensure that all of the independent school standards are met. 

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Inadequate

 No pupils have been enrolled since the school opened in September 2018. The proprietor was unable to provide evidence that pupils will be enrolled in the foreseeable future.  The proprietor has not ensured that all the independent school standards have been met.  The main premises of the registered school are currently being used to educate a range of adults and children across the week and weekend. These sessions are part-time and in the form of small group tuition. As a consequence, the building is not ready to educate and safeguard pupils with complex SEND. The proprietor can explain her ideas for the sensory room and other adaptions to the site to accommodate pupils with SEND, but these are not currently in place.  The proprietor and academic manager have produced relevant policies and some generic schemes of work and curriculum plans. No judgement on the quality of their implementation could be made by inspectors because there are no pupils. The

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Inadequate

complaints policy was not compliant at the start of the inspection. The policy was revised appropriately and uploaded to the website during the inspection.

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Governance

 There is no governing body at the school. Consequently, although not a requirement, there is no external system to hold the proprietor to account.

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Safeguarding

 The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.  The proprietor and the academic manager have not established an effective culture of safeguarding at the school. Although there are no pupils attending the registered school, staff are in place for any new arrivals. However, some pre-employment checks on the suitability of staff to work at the school are still pending, even though staff have been in post for several months.  The proprietor has not ensured that risks on the premises have been identified and addressed. They have not met the independent school standards for health and safety and fire regulations. For instance, during the inspection a fire door was locked, and it took considerable time for a key to be found. Staff sign a disclaimer as part of their induction, to diminish the proprietor‟s legal responsibility should they become injured at work. The proprietor believes that staff are responsible for their own health and safety.

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Safeguarding

As a result, the well-being of staff and potential pupils is not a sufficiently high priority.  Records seen on this inspection show that staff have access to relevant safeguarding training including on the „Prevent‟ duty and first aid.

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– amnesty granted

 Since opening as a school, the proprietor has not admitted any pupils aged 14 to 19. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to judge the quality of teaching, learning and assessment.

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Personal development and welfare

 Since opening as a school, the proprietor has not admitted any pupils aged 14 to 19. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to judge the provision for pupils‟ personal development and welfare.

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Behaviour

 Since opening as a school, the proprietor has not admitted any pupils aged 14 to 19. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to judge the behaviour of pupils.

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– amnesty granted

 Since opening as a school, the proprietor has not admitted any pupils aged 14 to 19. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to judge the outcomes for pupils.

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– amnesty granted

 Since opening as a school, the proprietor has not admitted any students into the sixth form. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to judge the quality of this provision.

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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

Type of school Other Independent special School

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School details

Gender of pupils in the sixth form Mixed

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School details

Of which, number on roll in sixth form 0

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School details

Annual fees (day pupils) £35,000 to £95,000

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School details

Date of previous inspection Not previously inspected

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Information about this school

 Liral Veget College is registered to provide full-time education for up to 15 pupils between the ages of 14 and 19 years. The proprietor‟s aim is to recruit pupils with complex SEND who have an education, health and care plan or statement of special educational needs. The provision will be called The Bridge Special Educational Needs School. The academic manager runs Liral Veget College on a day-to-day basis with the support of the proprietor.  Since registration on 21 August 2018, the proprietor has not admitted any pupils onto the school role. She was unable to provide evidence of pupils joining the school in the foreseeable future.  The provision is due to operate at 148 – 150 Old Kent Road and 167 Old Kent Road. The proprietor uses both of these premises currently to run Liral Veget College London and The London School of English. Both businesses run a range of courses, including, though not exclusively: adult education; English language courses for overseas students; part-

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Information about this school

time tuition for children between the ages of 5 and 19 in the evenings and weekends; and preparation courses for adults applying to become British citizens. Consequently, the premises has a number of learners of different ages coming in and out throughout the day. Liral Veget College London also owns a residential farm in Mydroilyn in South Wales that is used by the college and the school of English.  The proprietor is using the premises to provide full-time education to three adult learners who have education, health and care plans. These students are currently based at 167 Old Kent Road and have been placed by Bromley and Greenwich local authorities. This aspect of the proprietor‟s provision is not inspected by Ofsted.  The proprietor informed inspectors that the college has permission to use a recreational area adjacent to a block of residential flats owned by the Peabody Trust. This has a hard

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Information about this school

court for playing games such as football and basketball, and an area with equipment for climbing and swinging. The proprietor was unable to provide written evidence of this access arrangement.

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Information about this inspection

 Inspectors held discussions with the proprietor and the academic manager about the context of the school and their proposals for the future.  Inspectors undertook an extensive walk of both sites, to ascertain the suitability of the premises and whether safeguarding arrangements are effective. They also visited the recreational area.  The inspection team scrutinised a wide range of documentation, including: curriculum plans, schemes of work, school policies and checks by external companies.  Inspectors reviewed safeguarding records, policies and procedures. They checked the school‟s procedures for ensuring the safer recruitment of staff and looked at staff files.

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Inspection team

Helen Matthews, lead inspector Her Majesty‟s Inspector

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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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– 7(a) arrangements are made to safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils at the school; and

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– 7(b) such arrangements have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

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Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils

 11 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that relevant health and safety laws are complied with by the drawing up and effective implementation of a written health and safety policy.

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Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils

 12 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005[12].

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Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils

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

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– 16(a) the welfare of pupils at the school is safeguarded and promoted by the drawing up and effective implementation of a written risk assessment policy; and

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Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils

– 16(b) appropriate action is taken to reduce risks that are identified.

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

 18(2) The standard in this paragraph is met if –

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

– 18(2)(c) the proprietor carries out appropriate checks to confirm in respect of each such person –

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

– 18(2)(d) the proprietor ensures that, where relevant to any such person, an enhanced criminal record check is made in respect of that person and an enhanced criminal record certificate is obtained before or as soon as practicable after that person‟s appointment.

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

 18(3) The checks referred to in sub-paragraphs (2)(c) and (except where sub-paragraph (4) applies) (2)(e) must be completed before a person‟s appointment.

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

 21(3) The information referred to in this sub-paragraph is –

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

– 21(3)(a) in relation to each member of staff (“S”) appointed on or after 1st May 2007, whether –

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

– 21(3)(a)(v) an enhanced criminal record certificate was obtained in respect of S; – 21(3)(a)(vi) checks were made pursuant to paragraph 18(2)(d).

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

 21(4) The information referred to in this sub-paragraph is, in relation to each member of staff in post on 1st August 2007 who was appointed at any time before 1st May 2007, whether each check referred to in sub-paragraph (3) was made and whether an enhanced criminal record certificate was obtained, together with the date on which any check was completed or certificate obtained.

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Part 5. Premises of and accommodation at schools

 23(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that –

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Part 5. Premises of and accommodation at schools

– 23(1)(a) suitable toilet and washing facilities are provided for the sole use of pupils;

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Part 5. Premises of and accommodation at schools

– 23(1)(b) separate toilet facilities for boys and girls aged 8 years or over are provided except where the toilet facility is provided in a room that can be secured from the inside and that is intended for use by one pupil at a time.

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Part 5. Premises of and accommodation at schools

 25 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that the school premises and the accommodation and facilities provided therein are maintained to a standard such that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of pupils are ensured.

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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; and

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