Endeavour House School

Endeavour House School Old Hall, Moor End, Halifax HX2 0TX

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Main inspection findings

Part 1. Quality of education provided Paragraphs 2(2), 2(2)(h), 3, 3(a), 3(d), 3(h)  The school has appropriate curriculum plans and schemes of work in place for all subjects. It has identified the knowledge that it wants pupils to learn and has sequenced that knowledge in a coherent way. This provides the foundations for pupils to acquire new knowledge and deepen their understanding. Furthermore, the school assesses what pupils know when they first join the school. It adapts the curriculum to meet pupils’ learning needs and addresses gaps in pupils’ prior knowledge. As pupils learn the curriculum, teachers continue to check what pupils know and remember. Teachers adapt their teaching to consolidate and extend pupils’ learning.  For most of the time, pupils show a readiness to learn in lessons. Teachers ensure that low-level disruption does not have a significant impact on pupils’ learning.  The school meets the independent school standards (the standards) in this part that

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Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils Paragraphs 7 to 7(b)  The school does not have a rigorous and vigilant enough culture of safeguarding. Staff do not have sufficient knowledge about contextualised safeguarding. They do not show sufficient understanding of the heightened risks for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Pupils’ risk assessments are not thorough enough in identifying and mitigating risk. The risk assessments do not provide staff with the depth of information they need to help keep pupils safe.  The school does not take a serious enough approach to incidents of sexual misconduct. The school does not log such incidents in a clear and transparent manner. This makes it more difficult to identify trends in such behaviour. It also makes it more difficult to identify sexualised behaviour that can escalate to more serious incidents of sexual misconduct.  In addition, the school does not take a rigorous enough approach to completing and

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recording pre-employment checks on staff. Paragraphs 9 to 9(c)  The school has a suitable behaviour policy that outlines its expectations of pupils. The policy also outlines the consequences for pupils, should they not meet the school’s behaviour expectations. In addition, the policy provides clear direction for staff about the school’s approach to behaviour. The school keeps a record of the sanctions imposed on pupils for misbehaviour, including for incidents of serious misbehaviour.  The school does not implement all aspects of its behaviour policy effectively. For example, it does not record incidents of serious misbehaviour appropriately. Sometimes it does not address serious misbehaviour, including sexual misconduct, racism and other forms of discriminatory behaviour with enough rigour. This results in pupils repeating the same or similar behaviour. Paragraph 14  The school deploys staff appropriately. It ensures that staff supervise pupils at all

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times of the school day, including at breaktimes and lunchtimes. Paragraphs 16 to 16(c)  The school has an appropriate risk assessment policy in place. The policy identifies relevant risks and a process for mitigating those risks. However, some risk assessments do not consider risk in sufficient depth. They do not provide appropriate consideration of how to mitigate the risk. A significant example is for the risk of pupils absconding from the school site.  The school does not meet all of the standards in this part that were checked during this inspection.

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Main inspection findings

Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors Paragraphs 18(2) to 18(3), 21(1) to 21(4)  The proprietor maintains a single central record (SCR) of pre-employment checks on staff. The school’s SCR records the dates of those checks and is organised well. It shows an intent to complete and record all relevant pre-employment checks on staff.  At the time of this inspection, there was an instance where the proprietor had failed to complete a prohibition from teaching check on a member of staff teaching at the school. The proprietor completed this check on the day of the on-site inspection. In addition, several pre-employment checks on another member of staff had been completed after that member of staff started working at the school. Paragraph 21(6)  The proprietor has completed and recorded all relevant checks on members of the proprietor body. Paragraphs 19(2) to 19(3), 21(5) to 21(5)(c)

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Main inspection findings

 The school does not currently employ supply staff. However, it knows what information it must record on the school’s SCR about supply staff. The school’s SCR includes a section for the recording of relevant information about pre-employment checks on supply staff.  The school does not meet all of the standards in this part that were checked during this inspection.

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Part 5. Premises of and accommodation at schools Paragraph 25  The school maintains its premises and facilities to a high standard. This ensures that pupils benefit from a physical environment that supports their health, safety and welfare.  The school meets the standard in this part that was checked during this inspection.

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Part 8. Quality of leadership in and management of schools Paragraphs 34(1) to 34(1)(c)  The proprietor has not ensured that school leaders possess the requisite knowledge, skills and experience to lead and manage an independent special school. The proprietor’s recruitment and selection processes lack appropriate rigour. In addition, the proprietor has not ensured that school leaders receive the professional development they need to build their knowledge and develop their leadership and management skills.  The proprietor has extensive quality assurance processes in place. However, the proprietor has failed to identify key aspects of school provision, including safeguarding and behaviour management, which require improvement. As a result, the school does not meet all of the standards checked on this inspection.  The school does not meet the standard in this part.

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Main inspection findings

Schedule 10 of the Equality Act 2010  The school has an accessibility plan in place. The plan details how the school will ensure that all pupils can access the curriculum, information and the physical environment.

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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. 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

Type of school Other independent special school

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Email address ahlam.radouani@educ8.org.uk

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School details

Date of previous standard inspection 21 and 22 March 2023

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Information about this school

 The school’s last standard inspection took place on 21 and 22 March 2023.  The school does not currently use any alternative provision.  The school operates from Old Hall, Moor End, Halifax, HX2 0TX.  The school caters for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs.  The school is registered to admit six pupils.

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Information about this inspection

 The inspection was commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE). It was commissioned because of concerns raised with the DfE about safeguarding at the school.  The focus of the inspection was the school’s safeguarding procedures and practices, the management of pupils’ behaviour and the quality of teaching.  The inspection was conducted without notice.  Inspectors met with the headteacher, the regional headteacher and the chair of the proprietor body. They met with other school staff, toured the school site, sampled pupils’ work and scrutinised a range of school documentation.  It was not possible to speak with pupils during the inspection or visit lessons. This did not prevent inspectors from gathering sufficient evidence to inform judgements about the independent school standards that were checked on this inspection.

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Inspection team

Ian Rawstorne, lead inspector His Majesty’s Inspector

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Part 3. Welfare, health and safety of pupils

 7 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that- – 7(a) arrangements are made to safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils at the school; and – 7(b) such arrangements have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.  9 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor promotes good behaviour amongst pupils by ensuring that- – 9(b) the policy is implemented effectively.  16 The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor ensures that- – 16(b) appropriate action is taken to reduce risks that are identified.

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Part 4. Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors

 18(3) The checks referred to in sub-paragraphs (2)(c) and (except where sub- paragraph (4) applies) (2)(e) must be completed before a person’s appointment.  21(1) The standard in this paragraph is met if the proprietor keeps a register which shows such of the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (3) to (7) as is applicable to the school in question.  21(3) The information referred to in this sub-paragraph is- – 21(3)(b) in relation to each member of staff ("S"), whether a check was made to establish whether S is subject to a prohibition order or an interim prohibition order, including the date on which such check was completed.

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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 – 34(1)(c) actively promote the well-being of pupils. guidance ‘Raising concerns and making a complaint about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/complaints-about-ofsted . If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 1231, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk .

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