LS-TEN

School progress monitoring inspection report

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LS-TEN Unit 1 Airedale Industrial Estate, 1-4 Kitson Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS10 1NT

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Main inspection findings

Part 1. Quality of education provided Paragraphs 2(1) to 2(1)(b)(i)  At the school’s previous standard inspection, the school was not providing pupils with a broad and well-ordered curriculum. At the previous monitoring inspection in December 2023, the school had made progress towards addressing this through the introduction of a wider range of subjects. The curriculum was expanded to include English, mathematics, science, history, geography, creative arts, physical education, religious education, design technology, computing, and personal, social, health and economic education.  The school also proposed to introduce more effective assessment procedures when pupils join the school. The school proposed to appoint a special educational needs coordinator to ensure that staff were well supported to adapt learning to meet pupils’ needs.  These proposals are now in place and are being utilised well. Specialist teachers, in

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English, mathematics and computing, are supporting curriculum development effectively.  The school has expanded their expertise with supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The extension of staffing in this area is being used effectively to support less experienced staff to adapt learning to meet pupils’ needs.  There is a curriculum in place to support staff to plan learning in all subjects. Schemes of work outline how the curriculum will be implemented to support pupils’ learning over time. While these schemes of work vary in the detail they contain, there is a clear understanding of how they will be developed further. Projects such as ‘Leeds, Leeds, Leeds’ enable pupils to learn about their local area and bring historical, geographical and English learning together in a meaningful way.  The school is utilising links with local primary and secondary schools effectively in order

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to further develop the curriculum. Staff are being given opportunities to develop their understanding of teaching strategies through these links.  These previously unmet standards are now met. Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools Paragraph 34(1) to 34(1)(c)  At the previous inspection, the school did not have the necessary leadership and management capacity to make the improvements needed to ensure that the standards were met.  The subsequent progress monitoring report identified that the school had increased the capacity for improvement through the expansion of expertise on the board of governors. However, much of the curriculum development had not been completed and standards were not consistently being met.  This expansion has continued. The creation of an education subcommittee, comprising experienced education professionals from the board of governors, has ensured that the

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Main inspection findings

curriculum development work has gained momentum. There is a focus on improving the curriculum and assessment, and providing quality professional development for all staff. This focus is having a positive impact on the pupils’ education.  The school recognises that they need more oversight of school policy changes. During this inspection, some policies needed updating. Currently, the level of challenge and support offered by school governance is not sufficiently robust. However, leaders are aware of this and have implemented systems and actions to ensure and assure themselves that compliance with the standards will consistently be met in the future.  The school now meets all the previously unmet standards in this part.

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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

 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 subparagraph (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 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; and – 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

School status Independent special school

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School details

Annual fees (day pupils) 19,500 to 38,000

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School details

Dates of previous standard inspection 18 to 20 October 2022

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Information about this school

 The school is registered to admit 28 pupils.  The school operates from Unit 1 Airedale Industrial Estate, 1–4 Kitson Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS10 1NT.  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.  The school’s previous standard inspection, at which the school was judged not to comply with the independent school standards, took place on 18 to 20 October 2022.  This was the school’s second progress monitoring inspection. The first took place on 14 December 2023.  The Department for Education (DfE) required the school to prepare an action plan. This was a statutory requirement.  Ofsted evaluated the school’s action plan on 2 February 2024. The DfE found the action plan to be not entirely satisfactory.  The 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, who is also the headteacher, the head of school and other staff. They toured the school site and scrutinised school policies and records. They looked at schemes of work for history, geography and computing. They visited an English lesson and spoke with pupils about their experiences at the school.  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

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