Immanuel School is a day independent Christian school registered for up to 163 boys and girls aged from three to 16. It is part of the Immanuel Community, a church group which has several ministries. It is located in the London Borough of Havering. The school does not use any alternative provision. The school was last inspected by Ofsted in November 2006. It was a member of the Christian Schools’ Trust between September 2008 and January 2010 and, as such, was inspected by Bridge Schools Inspectorate in November 2009, when it was found to provide a good quality of education and meet all the regulations for independent schools. The church ministry leader and another member of the leadership team, who is the school chaplain, are based on site. These two church leaders, together with the Principal, two viceprincipals and one other member of staff, form the school’s management team. There are currently 102 pupils on roll, 11 of whom are in the Early Years Foundation Stage and out of these, seven attend part time. There are no children in receipt of free nursery education. There are 42 pupils in the primary department and 49 in the secondary department. Pupils have diverse heritages, mostly White British and Black African (Nigerian). A few pupils are at an early stage of learning English in the Nursery and in Key Stage 1. There are no pupils with a statement of special educational needs. All the teachers are committed Christians and all the pupils come from Christian families. The school’s main aims are encapsulated in its vision statement, ‘Young people loving God and equipped for life’ and its mission statement, ‘We commit with the support of parents to educate and disciple children and young people from a Biblical worldview in a secure and prayerful environment.’ What does the school need to do to improve further? Improve the quality of leadership and management by ensuring that: – the feedback which senior leaders give to teachers about their strengths and areas for further development is sharp enough to raise the quality of teaching from good to outstanding – recommendations given to teachers for further improving their teaching are followed through sufficiently robustly so that pupils make outstanding progress. Raise the quality of teaching from adequate to good, and from good to outstanding by ensuring that all teachers: – challenge pupils to a high level by asking them questions that extend their thinking and deepen their understanding – frequently check on pupils’ learning during lessons and make timely and well-judged interventions that help pupils to make rapid gains in their learning – give pupils high-quality written feedback to show them precisely how to improve – give pupils regular opportunities to work collaboratively and learn from each other – consider whether worksheets are indispensable to support pupils’ learning. Provide pupils with regular extra-curricular opportunities to extend their physical skills.