Core Training and Development limited

School progress monitoring inspection report

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Core Training and Development limited Network House, Ashfield Way, Leeds LS12 5JB

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Main inspection findings

Part 1. Quality of education provided Paragraphs 2(1), 2(1)(a) to 2(1)(b)(i)  At the previous inspection, the school had not planned its curriculum with sufficient thought. The curriculum was not well structured. The school had not identified the essential knowledge it wanted pupils to know. The school proposed to address this by producing detailed programmes of study for each subject. It intended to purchase schemes of work for mathematics, science and reading.  The school has made progress towards meeting these independent school standards (‘standards’). It has purchased schemes of work for mathematics, science and reading. It has also thought about the content and sequencing of the curriculum. It has produced programmes of study for all subjects. These provide an overview of the content pupils will learn and the order in which they will learn it. In addition, the school has produced detailed schemes of work for the autumn term. These provide appropriate information to

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support teachers in implementing the curriculum. However, the school has not yet produced schemes of work in all subjects for the spring and summer terms. For these standards to be met, the school needs detailed schemes of work to be produced for the spring and summer terms in all subjects and for all year groups.  The school continues not to meet these standards. Paragraphs 2(2), 2(2)(a)  At the previous inspection, the school was not ensuring that pupils experienced a broad enough education. Some pupils were not accessing the full curriculum offer. The school was not receiving, in a timely enough manner, curriculum information from pupils’ home schools. This meant that some pupils were experiencing a lack of continuity with their learning in some subjects. In its action plan, the school did not outline in detail how it proposed to address this. It stated that it would introduce functional skills and open

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awards.  The school now ensures that all pupils follow a core curriculum that includes English, mathematics, science, creative arts (including food technology), physical education, history, geography, personal, social, health and economic education, and relationships and sex education (RSE). Information technology is also taught. This core curriculum is planned and delivered by the school. A few pupils in Year 11 continue to study specific courses that they started at their home school. The school has ensured that this now happens in an effective manner.  The school now meets these previously unmet standards. Paragraphs 2(A)(1), 2(A)(1)(f), 2(A)(1)(g)  At the time of the previous inspection, the school had not consulted with parents about RSE. It did not provide parents with information about the right to withdraw pupils from sex education. During the previous inspection, the school recognised the importance of

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acting quickly to address these matters. It changed its induction process to include consultation with parents about the school’s RSE curriculum and the right to withdraw pupils from sex education. It also planned to write and publish a statement in respect of RSE on the school’s website.  Since the previous inspection, the school has implemented its intended actions. It now consults with parents about RSE and makes parents aware of the right to withdraw pupils from sex education. It publishes its RSE policy on the school website. The policy includes information for parents about the right to withdraw pupils from sex education. Parents complete a consent form to confirm agreement with the content of the RSE curriculum.  The school now meets these standards that were unmet at the last inspection. Paragraphs 3, 3(a), 3(c) to 3(g)  At the previous inspection, teaching was not helping pupils to build on what they had

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learned before. Pupils were experiencing a series of disconnected lessons in English, mathematics and science. In some lessons, teachers’ subject knowledge was not secure. Teachers were not using appropriate methods of assessment. The school proposed to improve the quality of teaching in a number of ways. These included providing training and professional development for staff, obtaining more precise information from pupils’ home schools about pupils’ learning needs, and introducing a new system of assessment. The school also intended to purchase interactive whiteboards for classrooms and computers to support pupils’ learning.  The school has acted with appropriate urgency to improve the quality of teaching. Informed by the new schemes of work for the autumn term, teachers plan lessons that build pupils’ knowledge and skills in a logical way. They show good subject knowledge and use a range of resources, including interactive whiteboards, to support pupils’

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learning. Teachers also check pupils’ understanding of what they have been taught.  The school now meets these standards.  In summary, the school does not meet all the previously unmet standards in this part. Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils Paragraph 13  At the previous inspection, the school was not implementing its first-aid policy consistently. Record-keeping was not rigorous enough. The school proposed to address this by updating its policy with regard to recording the administration of first aid.  The school now records the administration of first aid with appropriate rigour in the school’s electronic management information system.  This previously unmet standard is now met. Part 5. Premises of and accommodation at schools Paragraphs 29(1), 29(1)(a)  At the previous inspection, the school was not providing a suitable outside space for physical education. The school proposed to address this by resurfacing an outside area

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on the school site. The school also proposed that they would explore alternative options in the local community and at pupils’ home schools.  The outdoor space on the school site remains unsuitable. It has not been resurfaced. The surface is uneven and unstable. The school has started to use a multi-use games area in the local community in addition to the outdoor space on the school site. A risk assessment has been completed with regard to the use of this area.  These previously unmet standards remain unmet. Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools Paragraphs 34(1), 34(1)(a), 34(1)(b)  At the previous inspection, several standards were unmet. Most of these standards relate to the quality of education. The school was not providing the leadership needed to ensure that the standards were met and could continue to be met over time. The school’s action plan to address the unmet standards was unsatisfactory. It was rejected

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by the Department for Education, the registration authority for independent schools. In its action plan, the school proposed to address the unmet standards regarding leadership and management through continuous professional development for staff, liaison with pupils’ home schools, the school improvement plan, and headteacher appraisal.  The school has taken effective action to develop the relevant knowledge and skills of those persons with leadership and management responsibilities at the school. The school now works with an education adviser who is supporting the continued development of leadership and management. The school has established an appropriate performance management and improvement planning process. It has provided the professional development and resources needed to improve the quality of teaching. It has also improved its identification of pupils’ needs. It ensures that it acquires the appropriate

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information about pupils’ special educational needs and/or disabilities from pupils’ home schools. It maintains a register of those needs. The school has also made progress towards planning and implementing a broad and well-sequenced curriculum. However, the school has not yet completed the curriculum development work required to meet the relevant standards in part 1. It has not secured a suitable outside space for physical education.  The school does not meet the previously unmet standards in this part.

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Compliance with regulatory requirements

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 that were checked during this inspection, as set out in the annex of this report. 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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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 www.coretraininganddevelopment.co.uk

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School details

Email address info@coretraininganddevelopment.org

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School details

Dates of previous standard inspection 7 to 9 February 2023

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Information about this school

 The school uses no alternative provision.  The school operates from Network House, Ashfield Way, Leeds LS12 5JB.  The school is registered to admit 35 pupils.

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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.  The school’s previous inspection, at which the school was judged not to comply with the independent school standards, was a standard inspection and took place on 7 to 9 February 2023.  This was the school’s first progress monitoring inspection since the standard inspection in February 2023.  The DfE required the school to prepare an action plan. This was a statutory requirement.  Ofsted evaluated the school’s action plan on 20 July 2023.  The DfE rejected the school’s action plan.  This progress monitoring inspection was conducted without notice.  To check compliance with the independent school standards, the inspector met with the

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Information about this inspection

proprietor, the headteacher and other staff. They toured the school site and scrutinised school policies and records. They also looked at curriculum plans and schemes of work for all subjects, including RSE. They visited lessons, sampled pupils’ work and spoke with pupils.  The inspection also considered the school’s safeguarding arrangements, including the single central register of pre-employment checks and whether the school’s safeguarding policy is available to parents and carers. These requirements of the independent school standards are met.

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Inspection team

Ian Rawstorne, lead inspector His Majesty’s Inspector

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The school does not meet the following independent school standards

Standards that were not met at the previous inspection and remain un-met at this inspection

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Part 1. Quality of education provided

 2(1) The standard in this paragraph is met if- – 2(1)(a) the proprietor ensures that a written policy on the curriculum, supported by appropriate plans and schemes of work, which provides for the matters specified in sub- paragraph (2) is drawn up and implemented effectively; and – 2(1)(b) the written policy, plans and schemes of work- – 2(1)(b)(i) take into account the ages, aptitudes and needs of all pupils, including those pupils with an EHC plan.

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Part 5. Premises of and accommodation at schools

 29(1) The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that suitable outdoor space is provided in order to enable- – 29(1)(a) physical education to be provided to pupils in accordance with the school curriculum.

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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- – 34(1)(a) demonstrate good skills and knowledge appropriate to their role so that the independent school standards are met consistently; – 34(1)(b) fulfil their responsibilities effectively so that the independent school standards are met consistently.

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Part 1. Quality of education provided

 2(2) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(1)(a), the matters are- – 2(2)(a) full-time supervised education for pupils of compulsory school age (construed in accordance with section 8 of the Education Act 1996), which gives pupils experience in linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technological, human and social, physical and aesthetic and creative education.

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Part 1. Quality of education provided

 2A(1) The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor- – 2A(1)(b) ensures that every registered pupil who is provided with secondary education at the school is provided with relationships and sex education, except in so far as the pupil is excused as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), – 2A(1)(f) consults parents of registered pupils at the school before making or revising a statement under sub-paragraph (e), and – 2A(1)(g) publishes a copy of the statement on a website and provides a copy of the statement free of charge to anyone who asks for one.

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Part 1. Quality of education provided

 3 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that the teaching at the school- – 3(a) enables pupils to acquire new knowledge and make good progress according to their ability so that they increase their understanding and develop their skills in the subjects taught; – 3(c) involves well planned lessons and effective teaching methods, activities and management of class time; – 3(d) shows a good understanding of the aptitudes, needs and prior attainments of the pupils, and ensures that these are taken into account in the planning of lessons; – 3(e) demonstrates good knowledge and understanding of the subject matter being taught; – 3(f) utilises effectively classroom resources of a good quality, quantity and range; – 3(g) demonstrates that a framework is in place to assess pupils’ work regularly and thoroughly and use information from that assessment to plan teaching so that pupils can

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