Hyland House School

School progress monitoring inspection report

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Hyland House School Holcombe Road, Tottenham, London N17 9AB

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Main inspection findings

Part 1. Quality of education provided Paragraph 2A(1), 2A(1)(a), 2A(1)(d) and 2A(1)(f)  At the previous inspection in June 2023, leaders had not made sure that parents and carers had been consulted on the school’s relationships and sex education (RSE) programme.  This inspection found leaders to have realised the actions identified in their post- inspection action plan. The school has now consulted parents and carers on their approach to teaching RSE. This included issuing a clear consultation document and hosting an informative workshop. All the required relationships education content is being taught as part of the school’s personal, social, health and economic education programme. The school now meets the statutory requirements.  This independent school standard (‘the standard’) is now met.  The standards checked in this part are met. Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools Paragraph 34(1), 34(1)(a) and 34(1)(b)

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Main inspection findings

 The previous inspection found that the proprietors did not have a sharp oversight of leaders’ work. They had not ensured that all the standards were met consistently or that the work of leaders was challenged effectively. In addition, curriculum leadership in many subjects was not securely embedded.  This inspection found proprietors and leaders are actively implementing the improvements outlined in their action plan. Subject leaders now have more time and support to develop and monitor the implementation of the curriculum. They are also working with other schools to develop their subject expertise. Proprietors, who also fulfil the role of governors, are more actively involved in supporting and challenging leaders so that all the standards are met. They are in the process of further developing their working knowledge of all the standards in order to more thoroughly and regularly check compliance with them.

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Main inspection findings

 Overall, proprietors and leaders are now fulfilling their responsibilities effectively so that the standards checked in this part are met and all the standards are likely to be met consistently.

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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 1. Quality of education provided

 2A(1) The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor- – 2A(1)(a) ensures that every registered pupil who is provided with primary education at the school is provided with relationships education, – 2A(1)(d) in making arrangements for the purposes of paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), has regard to any guidance under section 80A of the Education Act 2002 that applies in relation to the provision of education by maintained schools, – 2A(1)(f) consults parents of registered pupils at the school before making or revising a statement under sub-paragraph (e).

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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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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

Proprietor South England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Chair Kirk Thomas

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School details

Annual fees (day pupils) £5,193 to £5,592

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School details

Email address info@hylandhouseschool.org

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School details

Dates of previous standard inspection 13 to 15 June 2023

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Information about this school

 Hyland House School has a Christian Seventh-Day Adventist ethos.  The early years provision includes classes for two-year-olds, and for children in Nursery and Reception.  The school’s latest inspection was its previous graded inspection, which took place in June 2023.  The school does not use any alternative provision.

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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.  This was the school’s first progress monitoring inspection since its last full inspection in June 2023. The inspection was conducted without notice.  Since the previous inspection, leaders were asked to submit an action plan. This was judged by Ofsted to be acceptable in December 2023 and was subsequently accepted by the Department for Education in January 2024.  The focus of the inspection was to check whether the school complies with particular requirements within Parts 1 and 8 of the independent school standards.  The inspector met with the headteacher and leaders with responsibility for safeguarding.

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Information about this inspection

He met with a group of pupils, toured the premises, and reviewed some documents, including curriculum plans and policies.  The inspection also considered the school’s safeguarding arrangements, including the single central register of checks on adults. The relevant requirements in Parts 3, 4 and 6 of the independent school standards continue to be met.

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Inspection team

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