School Inspection & Audit

ATTAINMENT

– Attainment as measured against authorised and licensed curriculum standards

– Attainment as measured against national and appropriate international standards

– Knowledge, skills and understanding, especially in the key subjects

– Trends in attainment over time 

PROGRESS

– Progress of student, including those with special educational needs, against their      starting points and over time  

– Progress in lessons

– Progress of different groups of students

LEARNING SKILLS

– Students engagement in, and responsibility for their own learning

– Students interactions, collaboration and communication skills

– Application of learning to the world and making connections between areas of learning 

– Innovation, enterprise, inquiry, research, critical thinking and use of learning technologies.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

– Attitudes

– Behaviour

– Relationships

– Adoption of safe and healthy lifestyles

– Attendance and punctuality

UNDERSTANDING OF WORLD CULTURES

– Students respect for the heritage and culture of India

– Understanding and appreciation of their own and other world cultures

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INNOVATION SKILLS

– Community involvement, volunteering and social contribution

– Work ethic, innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship

– Environmental awareness and action

TEACHING FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING

– Teachers’ knowledge of their subjects and how students learn them.

–  Lesson planning, the learning environment and the use of time and resources

–  Teacher- student interactions including the use of questioning and dialogue

–  Teaching strategies to meet the needs of individuals and groups of students

–  Teaching to develop critical thinking, problem-solving, innovation and independent learning skills

ASSESSMENT

– Internal assessment processes

– External, national and international benchmarking

– Analysis of assessment data to monitor students’ progress

– Use of assessment information to influence teaching, the curriculum and student’s progress

– Teachers’ knowledge of, and support for, students’ learning.

AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT

1.Suitably  differentiated activities and questioning, especially in middle phase, which extend all groups of students, especially the more able.

2.The effective use of assessment in lessons so that students better understand how to improve their work. 

3.Teachers’ skills in Arabic

4.Developing students higher order thinking , innovation and technology skills.

CURRICULUM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

– Rationale, balance and compliance

– Continuity and progression

– Curricular choices

– Cross-curricular links

– Review and development

CURRICULUM ADAPTATION

– Modification of curriculum to meet the needs of all groups of students

– Enhancement, enterprise and innovation

– Links with Bhartiya culture and Indian society

HEALTH AND SAFETY, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILD PROTECTION/ SAFEGUARDING

– Care, welfare and safeguarding of students, including child protection

– Arrangements to ensure health, safety and security

– Quality of maintenance and record keeping

– Suitability of premises and facilities for all students, including those with special educational needs

– Provision for, and promotion of, safe and healthy lifestyles

CARE AND SUPPORT

– Staff- student relationships and behaviour management

– Promotion and management of attendance and punctuality

– Identification of students with special educational needs, and those who are gifted and /or talented

– Support for students with special educational needs, and those who are gifted and /or talented

– Guidance and support for all students

AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT

•Provision for G&T students in lesson

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEADERSHIP

– Vision and direction

– Educational leadership

– Relationships and communication

– Capacity to innovate and improve

– Impact on and accountability for school performance and standards

SELF-EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT PLANNING

– Processes for school self- evaluation

– Monitoring and evolution of teaching and learning in relation to students’ achievement 

– The processes and impact of school improvement planning 

– Improvement over time 

PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY

– Parental involvement

– Communication

– Reporting

– Community, national and relevant international partnerships 

GOVERNANCE

– Involvement of parents and other stakeholders and impact on decision-making

– Ensuring accountability for the school’s and outcomes

– Influence on and responsibility for the school’s performance 

MANAGEMENT, STAFFING, FACILITIES AND RESOURCES 

– Management of the day-to day life of the school

– Sufficiency, deployment and development of suitably qualified staff to optimize student achievements

– Appropriateness of the premises and learning environment to promote student achievements

– The relevance and range of resources for effective teaching and learning

AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT

• Addressing barriers to raising achievements in Arabic.
• Further using results from the monitoring of teaching to embed best practice across the school.