Teachers at Wolverhampton faith school 'lack knowledge' says report
Teachers at a Muslim school in Wolverhampton lack the knowledge and skills to ensure pupils learn consistently well, according to Ofsted inspectors.
A report into the Islamic Preparatory School, based at Wolverhampton Central Mosque, found it required improvement across the board.
Inspectors found some teachers struggled to sustain pupils' interest throughout lessons, while pupils were not learning consistently due to a lack of teaching knowledge and skills.
Checks by school leaders on the quality of teaching were 'not sufficiently rigorous' to tackle pupils' weaknesses effectively, the report added.
Incorrect assessments of what pupils were capable of resulted in them being set work that was either too easy or too hard. And inspectors found the school also suffered from a lack of appropriate resources which impeded pupils' progress.
Sandra Hayes, lead inspector for the teaching watchdog, said: "The quality of teaching is not improving quickly enough. Leaders do not have a sufficiently precise picture of the strengths of teachers and the areas in which they need to improve. There is no established system to manage teachers' performance or to hold teachers to account for the learning and behaviour of the pupils in their class."
The independent school has a total of 53 pupils aged between four and 11. It is operates as part of the Wolverhampton Mosque Trust, with pupils paying annual fees of £1,200.
The school's contribution to the community, its commitment to improve and the safety of pupils were all praised by inspectors.
The school was unavailable for comment.
