Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School

School progress monitoring inspection report

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Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School 26 Lampard Grove, London N16 6XB

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Main inspection findings

Part 1. Quality of education provided Paragraph 3, 3(c), 3(e), 3 (g)  The last progress monitoring inspection found that teaching staff had received basic training on lesson design and delivery. This work was found to be in the early stages and too soon to see an impact in the classroom. The school had introduced subject booklets to support staff to understand the knowledge and subject specific vocabulary required for each area of the curriculum. The impact of this was not routinely seen in lessons. Teachers had been trained on strategies to check what pupils know and can do in the classroom. However, these strategies were not being used consistently during lessons.  The school continues to engage with support from an external consultant to develop staff skills and expertise in the delivery of the secular curriculum. Staff receive weekly training on designing and delivering lessons effectively and choosing appropriate

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Main inspection findings

activities for pupils to complete. Staff are positive about this support and enthusiastic to develop further. However, the impact of this training is still not seen regularly in lessons. The key knowledge that pupils should be learning is not routinely clear, and activities do not consistently support the intended learning. Pupils are sometimes given tasks to complete that are too complex or advanced for their current level of knowledge and understanding.  The school has continued to embed the use of subject curriculum books to develop staff subject knowledge. Teachers use these effectively to ensure they have the required knowledge to deliver the curriculum. As a result of this, staff now demonstrate a secure knowledge and understanding of the curriculum they are teaching.  Staff continue to receive training on strategies to check pupils’ understanding. However, the impact of this training is not seen consistently in classrooms. Teachers do not

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Main inspection findings

routinely identify what pupils understand during lessons. As a result, some pupils develop gaps in their knowledge and misconceptions which are not addressed.  Some of the independent school standards (the standards) in this part continue to be unmet. Part 3. Welfare, health, and safety of pupils Part 6. Provision of information Paragraphs 7, 7(a), 7(b), 32(1), 32(1)(c)  The school has an appropriate safeguarding policy that outlines how concerns about pupils’ safety and welfare are reported and managed. Leaders of safeguarding are knowledgeable and understand their roles and responsibilities. This includes the processes for engaging with external support when required. Staff have received appropriate training and understand how to recognise and report safeguarding concerns.  The school completes and records the appropriate checks and procedures when appointing new staff.  These standards continue to be met.

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Main inspection findings

Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools Paragraph 34(1), 34(1)(a), 34(1)(b)  The last progress monitoring inspection found that the proprietor body had identified the most pressing actions to start addressing the unmet standards. They were working with an external consultant to support improvements in the delivery of the secular curriculum, who they were heavily reliant on. Some staff were found to be reluctant to make changes that would support an improvement in the delivery of the curriculum.  Although the school is still reliant on the work of the external consultant, leadership capacity has been developed to help to reduce this. New senior and middle leadership roles have been created. Consultants are developing the skills and expertise of these members of staff to be able to support school improvement.  There is a clear and well-considered development plan to improve the quality of delivery

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Main inspection findings

of the secular curriculum. Regular training is taking place and staff are positive and enthusiastic to develop their practice. However, the school does not currently ensure that training is routinely applied in lessons. This is slowing the pace of change in the school.  The standards in this part continue to be unmet.

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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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The school now meets the following independent school standards

– 3(e) demonstrates good knowledge and understanding of the subject matter being taught;

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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

Date of previous standard inspection 2 to 4 July 2024

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Information about this school

 The school is an orthodox Jewish boy’s school located at 26 Lampard Grove, London N16 6XB.  The school’s previous standard inspection took place in July 2024. During this inspection, the school was judged to not meet all the independent school standards. The school submitted an action plan which was evaluated to be not acceptable in April 2025.  The school does not make use of 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 inspection was conducted without notice.  Inspections are a point-in-time evaluation about the quality of a school’s education provision.  The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with leaders and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the school.  Inspection activities focused on the independent school standards in Parts 1 and 8 that were found to be unmet at the last standard inspection.  The inspector met with the headteacher, and representatives of the external consultancy commissioned by leaders to support the work of the school. The inspector visited

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Information about this inspection

classrooms, held conversations with curriculum leaders and members of staff, and spoke with the chair of governors.  The inspector reviewed documents relating to leaders’ plans for the development of the secular curriculum, including schemes of work and staff training records.  To evaluate the effectiveness of safeguarding, the inspector: reviewed the single central record; took account of the views of leaders, staff, and pupils; and considered the extent to which the school has created an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils’ interests first.

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Inspection team

Simon Conway, 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

 3 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that the teaching at the school- – 3(c) involves well planned lessons and effective teaching methods, activities, and management of class time; – 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 progress;

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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; and

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standards

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