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Amy Storer Headteacher Zaytouna Primary School 500 London Road Derby Derbyshire DE24 8WH

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Ofsted visit to Zaytouna Primary School

Following my visit with Chris Davies, Her Majesty’s Inspector (HMI), to your school on 1 October 2020, I write on behalf of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills to confirm the visit’s findings. Thank you for the time you made available to discuss your actions since September 2020, when the government expected all schools to open fully to all pupils.

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Ofsted visit to Zaytouna Primary School

This visit was conducted under section 8 of the Education Act 2005 (as amended) and in accordance with Ofsted’s published procedures for visiting schools while routine inspections are temporarily suspended.

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Ofsted visit to Zaytouna Primary School

Ofsted’s visits to schools during the autumn term are not inspections. We are not giving graded judgements. We did not undertake the usual range of inspection activities and were unable to check other sources of evidence, such as visits to lessons or looking at pupils’ work. The content of this letter gives an overview of our discussions about what has happened in your school this term.

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Ofsted visit to Zaytouna Primary School

During the visit, we spoke with you, the deputy headteacher, one of the leaders responsible for safeguarding and the leader responsible for faith, parents and partnerships. We did not speak to pupils because of the protective measures in place.

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Context

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills is leading Ofsted’s work into how England’s education system is managing the return to full education for pupils, following an extended break in formal schooling due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

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Context

In undertaking this focused work, HMI are visiting a broad range of schools. HMI will visit a sample of:

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 approximately 1,200 schools across all Ofsted grades (outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate)  maintained schools, academies and free schools, special schools and centres of alternative provision, including those in cities, and coastal, town or rural communities.

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Context

The information from this visit will feed into Ofsted’s national reporting so that the insights can be shared with the government and the education sector. We did not find any significant concerns during the visit. In such a case, an inspection report would be published on our website and available to parents and carers.

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Context

We did not consider your response to COVID-19 during the spring and summer terms 2020, when the school was not open to all pupils.

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From this visit, inspectors noted that:

 The school opened to all pupils on 7 September 2020. All pupils returned on a full-time basis.  Pupils’ attendance is slightly higher than usual for this time of year. Leaders have communicated to parents their expectation that pupils should be in school every day.  Pupils have returned to studying their usual curriculum. Leaders have prioritised the teaching of phonics, mathematics and reading.  Teachers have checked what pupils know in phonics, mathematics and reading. Staff have received training so that their teaching covers any gaps in pupils’ knowledge.  All children in the Reception classes read daily to staff, as do all pupils in Years 1 and 2, and any vulnerable pupils in other years.  In mathematics, leaders have identified that some pupils have gaps in their knowledge of shape and space. Teachers have changed their planning to cover this. You told us that pupils’ knowledge of number and calculation has

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From this visit, inspectors noted that:

remained strong.  Pupils are receiving extra physical-education lessons. Currently, they are not able to go swimming. Teachers are making sure pupils experience science investigations.  Leaders have plans to deliver the usual curriculum should any pupils need to stay at home. This will build on your existing remote learning resources. You told us that pupils engaged well with this before.

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From this visit, inspectors noted that:

Thank you again for contributing to this important national work. The views and experiences you have shared will help to inform future policy.

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From this visit, inspectors noted that:

I am copying this letter to the chair of the governing body, the chief executive officer of the multi-academy trust, the regional schools commissioner and the director of children’s services for Derby. This letter will be published on the Ofsted website.

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