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Independent Schools Inspectorate 2019 Wellesley House School – May 2019 School’S Details 3 Focused Compliance and Educational Quality Inspection Reports For Schools with Residential Provision Wellesley House School May 2019 Contents 2 Contents Contents 2 School’s Details 3 1. Background Information 4 About the school 4 What the school seeks to do 4 About the pupils 4 2. Regulatory Compliance Inspection 5 Preface 5 Key findings 7 PART 1 – Quality of education provided 7 PART 2 – Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils 7 PART 3 – Welfare, health and safety of pupils 7 PART 4 – Suitability of staff, supply staff, and proprietors 7 PART 5 – Premises of and accommodation at schools 8 PART 6 – Provision of information 8 PART 7 – Manner in which complaints are handled 8 PART 8 – Quality of leadership in and management of schools 8 3. Educational Quality Inspection 9 Preface 9 Key findings 10 Recommendation 10 The quality of pupils’ academic and other achievements 10 The quality of the pupils’ personal development 13 4. Inspection Evidence 15 © Independent Schools Inspectorate 2019 Wellesley House School – May 2019 School’s Details 3 School’s Details School Wellesley House DfE number 886/6001 Registered charity number 307852 Address Wellesley House 114 Ramsgate Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 2DG Telephone number 01843 862991 Email address [email protected] Headmaster Mr G D Franklin Chair of governors Mr P Woodhouse Age range 6 to 13 Number of pupils on roll 97 Boys 61 Girls 36 Day pupils 42 Boarders 55 Inspection dates 14 to 16 May 2019 © Independent Schools Inspectorate 2019 Wellesley House School – May 2019 Background Information 4 1. Background Information About the school 1.1 Wellesley House School was founded in 1869 at Conyngham House, Ramsgate, as a boys’ school. It moved to purpose-built accommodation on its current site in Broadstairs in 1898. In 1964, it became a charitable trust, overseen by a board of governors, and in 1969 it merged with St Peter’s Court School. It became co-educational in 1977. As well as day provision, it continues to offer full, weekly and flexi boarding to children aged 6 to 13. The headmaster has been in post since 2017. Girl boarders are accommodated in one house. Since the previous inspection, the boys’ boarding accommodation has been rearranged so that all boys are now incorporated into one house, releasing space to provide classrooms for day pupils aged 4 to 6. What the school seeks to do 1.2 The school aims to provide a high quality, broad education that opens up ‘a world of possibilities’ for pupils, in a caring and nurturing environment. The school aims to encourage every pupil to participate in a wide array of extra-curricular activities, creative arts and sports, with an emphasis on building resilience and self-confidence, so that by the time they leave the school they will be well- rounded, motivated young adults who will flourish at their senior schools of choice. About the pupils 1.3 Both boarders and day pupils come mainly from professional families in Kent, East Sussex and London. A small minority of boarders are international pupils; of these, ten are Spanish pupils who join the school for one year in either Year 6, 7 or 8. 1.4 Standardised tests show the ability range of pupils is above average. The school has identified 16 pupils as having special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), which include dyslexia, sight and hearing impairment. One pupil in the school has an education, health and care plan. English is an additional language (EAL) for 20 pupils. Ten pupils receive additional support and, for the remainder, their needs are supported by their class teachers. Those pupils identified by the school as being the most able in the school’s population have their needs met through the school curriculum, scholarship classes and extra-curricular provision. © Independent Schools Inspectorate 2019 Wellesley House School – May 2019 Regulatory Compliance Inspection 5 2. Regulatory Compliance Inspection Preface The registration authority for independent schools is the Department for Education (DfE), which directs inspection according to a specified frequency or at any time where the DfE has particular concerns about a school. The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) is the body approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of inspecting schools which are, or whose heads are, in membership of the associations which form the Independent Schools Council (ISC) and reporting on the extent to which they meet the Independent School Standards (‘the standards’) in the Schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. Accordingly, inspection records whether the school meets each of these standards, which are arranged in eight Parts, each of which is divided into separate paragraphs. Additionally, the inspection reports on the school’s accessibility plan under Schedule 10 of the Equality Act 2010 and the ban on corporal punishment under section 548 of the Education Act 1996. It comments on the progress made by the school in meeting the compliance action points set out in the school’s most recent statutory inspection. This inspection also contains specific judgements on the National Minimum Standards for Boarding Schools (‘boarding NMS’). It also comments on the progress made by the school in meeting the compliance action points set out in the most recent statutory boarding inspection and it judges the extent to which the school currently meets the boarding NMS. It identifies any standards which the school does not meet and requires action to meet them. Findings are distributed across sections relating to the eight Parts of the standards. All association independent schools will have an inspection within three years from April 2016, in accordance with the Framework and DfE requirements. The inspection may be of COMPLIANCE ONLY or a combined inspection of EDUCATIONAL QUALITY AND COMPLIANCE depending on a number of factors, including findings from their most recent inspection. Schools judged not to meet the standards, including the boarding NMS, may also be subject to a progress monitoring visit before their next routine inspection. The progress monitoring visit will judge whether the school has taken the necessary action to meet any un-met standards identified at their previous inspection. The inspection was also carried out under the arrangements of the ISC Associations for the maintenance and improvement of the quality of their membership. This is a FOCUSED COMPLIANCE INSPECTION which was combined with an inspection of EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, the report of which appears later in this document. The COMPLIANCE inspection reports only on the school’s compliance with the standards, including the boarding NMS. The standards represent minimum requirements and judgements are given either as met or as not met. All schools are required to meet all the standards applicable to them. Where the minimum requirements are not met, this is clearly indicated in the relevant section of the report and the school is required to take the actions specified. In this focused compliance inspection, key regulations and standards have been inspected in detail. These are the regulations on safeguarding; measures to guard against bullying; arrangements for pupils’ health and safety, arrangements to check the suitability of staff; the provision of information to parents; the handling of parents’ complaints; and other related aspects of leadership and management, together with the NMS covering the same areas. The remaining standards and requirements are deemed to continue to be met unless evidence to the contrary has been found. Inspections do not include matters that are outside of the regulatory framework described above, such as: an exhaustive health and safety audit; compliance with data protection requirements; an in-depth examination of the structural condition of the school, its services or other physical features; contractual arrangements with parents; an investigation of the financial viability of the school or its accounting procedures. Inspectors may be aware of individual safeguarding concerns, allegations and complaints as part of the inspection process. Such matters will not usually be referred to specifically in published reports in this document but will have been considered by the team in reaching its judgements. © Independent Schools Inspectorate 2019 Wellesley House School – May 2019 Regulatory Compliance Inspection 6 Links to the full regulations and requirements can be found here: The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, National Minimum Standards for Boarding Schools,. Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework. © Independent Schools Inspectorate 2019 Wellesley House School – May 2019 Regulatory Compliance Inspection 7 Key findings 2.1 The school meets the standards in the schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, the National Minimum Standards for Boarding Schools 2015 and associated requirements, and no further action is required as a result of this inspection. PART 1 – Quality of education provided 2.2 The school uses its own framework to determine attainment, instead of the national framework. 2.3 The curriculum is documented, supported by appropriate plans and schemes of work for the pupils and covers the required breadth of material. The teaching enables pupils to make good progress, encompasses effective behaviour management and is supported by suitable resources. A suitable framework for the assessment of pupils’ performance is in place. 2.4 The standards relating
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