Ecole Française de Londres Jacques Prévert

School material change inspection report

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Ecole Française de Londres Jacques Prévert 41 and 59 Brook Green, London W6 7BE

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Main inspection findings

Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils Paragraphs 7 to 7(b)  Pupils spoken to love coming to school. They feel safe and have trusted adults they can go to for help. Leaders with responsibility for safeguarding are suitably trained and ensure staff are, too. They take their duties seriously and implement the school’s up-to-date safeguarding policy well. The school’s safer recruitment process reflects statutory guidance.  This independent school standard (‘standard’) continues to be met. Paragraphs 11, 12, 14 and 16 to 16(b)  The school’s suitable health and safety and risk assessment policies are likely to continue to be implemented well if the number of pupils increases. Plans to supervise the additional pupils are also appropriate.  However, the fire-safety standard (paragraph 12) is no longer met. At the main premises, an annual external fire risk assessment is completed, and any identified

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actions are resolved in a timely way. Records of all the weekly, monthly and annual fire-safety checks are completed and recorded. This is not the case for the new additional premises, where no fire-safety records were available for inspection and no recent external fire risk assessment has been completed. It is therefore not known if the additional premises are compliant with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.  Not all of the standards checked in this part are met or likely to be met if the material change is approved and implemented. Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors Paragraphs 18(1), 18(2) to 18(2)(f), 18(3), 20(6) to 20(6)(c), 21(1), 21(2), 21(3) to 21(3)(b), 21(4) and 21(6)  The single central record of pre-employment checks on the adults working with pupils continues to be compliant with all the requirements in this part.  The standards checked in this part continue to be met.

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Part 5. Premises of and accommodation at schools Paragraphs 23(1) to 23(1)(b), 24(1) to 24(1)(b), 24(2), 25, 26, 27 to 27(b), 28(1) to 28(1)(d) and 29(1) to 29(1)(b)  The new additional premises are located within a church and are a short walk away from the main building on the same road. They include suitable toilet and washing facilities, outdoor space and drinking-water supplies. Hot water is safely regulated. The medical-room facility is likely to be suitable once fully complete. The building presents no concerns in relation to lighting or acoustics. The additional premises are likely to comfortably accommodate an additional 30 pupils.  The standards checked in this part are met and likely to continue to be met if the material change is approved and implemented.

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Main inspection findings

Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools Paragraphs 34(1) to 34(1)(c)  Leaders demonstrate a generally sound understanding of most of the standards and continue to actively promote the well-being of pupils. Paragraph 34(1), 34(1)(c) continues to be met.  However, leaders have not thought clearly enough about how to assure themselves that the additional premises are compliant with fire-safety legislation. They have not taken responsibility for ensuring that the standards are met at the additional premises by making sure that the same processes in place at the main premises are replicated there. Additionally, overall fire-safety documentation for both premises is not well organised.  As some pupils are attending the additional premises, the inspection has identified unmet standards including some in this part (34(1), 34(1)(a) and 34(1)(b)). These standards are also not likely to be met if the school’s material change application to

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Main inspection findings

increase the number of pupils is approved and implemented.

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Compliance with regulatory requirements

The school is unlikely to meet the requirements of the schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 (‘the independent school standards’) and associated requirements that are relevant to the material change.

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School details

This inspection was carried out under section 162(4) of the Education Act 2002, the purpose of which is to advise the Secretary of State for Education about the school’s likely compliance with the independent school standards relevant to the material change that the school has applied to make.

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School details

Proprietor Ecole Francaise de Londres Jacques Prevert Ltd

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School details

Annual fees (day pupils) £8,798 to £10,965

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School details

Date of previous standard inspection 28 to 30 June 2022

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recommendation

Age range of pupils 2 to 11 No change Not applicable

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recommendation

Number of pupils on the school roll 259 292 Not recommended

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School’s current position School’s proposal

Number of full-time pupils of compulsory school age 223 Up to 236

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School’s current position School’s proposal

Number of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities 23 Up to 35

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School’s current position School’s proposal

Of which, number of pupils with an education, health and care plan 1 Up to 5

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School’s current position School’s proposal

Of which, number of pupils paid for by a local authority with an education, health and care plan 1 Up to 5

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School’s current position School’s proposal

Number of full-time equivalent teaching staff 16 No change

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School’s current position School’s proposal

Number of part-time teaching staff 4 No change

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School’s current position School’s proposal

Number of staff in the welfare provision 12 13

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Information about this school

 Ecole Francaise de Londres Jacques Prévert is an independent day school. The school follows the French national education system.  The school has an exemption from the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.  Since the previous inspection, the school’s application to change the age range of pupils it caters for was approved by the Department for Education. The age range was 3 to 11 and is now 2 to 11. However, the school does not currently have any two- year-olds enrolled.  Both the chair of the proprietor body and the headteacher have changed since the previous inspection.  Since September 2024, the school makes use of both its main premises at 59 Brook Green, London W6 7BE, and additional premises at 41 Brook Green, London W6 7BE.  The school makes no use of alternative provision.  The school’s most recent inspection was a standard inspection in June 2022.

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Information about this inspection

 The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned this inspection to consider the school’s application to increase its maximum number of pupils.  This was the first inspection to consider the school’s material change application.  The inspection was announced with two days of notice.  The inspector considered whether the relevant requirements in Parts 3, 4, 5 and 8 of the independent school standards would continue to be met in light of the increase in number of pupils.  The inspector met with senior leaders and the chair of the proprietor body. He toured both the main and additional premises. He met with a group of pupils in Year 6. He considered a range of evidence, including that relating to health and safety, risk assessment and fire safety. He also considered the school’s safeguarding arrangements, including the availability of a safeguarding policy online, and the single central record of pre-employment checks on adults.

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Inspection team

James Waite, lead inspector Ofsted Inspector

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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.

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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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– 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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