Walsall Christian school blasted in inspection
A Christian school in Walsall has been slammed by education bosses, with an inspection revealing that teachers do not know 'what a good school looks like'.
Emmanuel School, on Wolverhampton Road, has been rated requires improvement by Ofsted.
Among a host of concerns, inspectors revealed: "Teachers have not had sufficient training to improve their teaching and leadership skills or to establish a common understanding of what a good school looks like."
This was on top of a number of children not taking pride in their work and turning up to school late.
The religious school, which says on its website it 'exists to bring glory to God', teaches some 150 pupils between the ages of three and 16.
Its leadership, quality of teaching, welfare and early years provision were all rated requires improvement by the eduction inspectorate.
Two inspectors from Ofsted visit the site back in July, with their findings being released last week.
David Rzeznik and Elizabeth Martin-Ellis found that pupil progress was not being tracked effectively, teachers were not challenging pupils enough, spelling, punctuation, handwriting and presentation skills in years one to six were not good enough and low-level disruption in classes was not being stopped.
Read the full Ofsted report here
In their report they said: "The curriculum is suitably broad and balanced and covers all of the required areas of learning. However, it does not ensure that pupils make consistently good progress academically.
"There is a lack of consistency in the quality of teaching which means that pupils, including those with special needs and the most able, do not make consistently good progress as they move through the school.
"Teachers do not have consistently high expectations and do not routinely provide the necessary level of challenge so that pupils make good gains in their learning in lessons and over time. Behaviour management could be better. Low-level disruption is not eradicated quickly on the limited number of occasions that it occurs."
Emmanuel school opened in 1996 and moved to its current premises in September 2011. The school rents accommodation from an Afro-Caribbean Centre, which shares the same site.
The school is organised into three sections: the early years (Nursery and Reception); the primary department (Years 1 to 6); and the senior school (Years 7 to 11).
Despite being a Christian school they will admit pupils of a different faith or of no faith, providing their parents agree to the school's Christian ethos and biblical teaching.
The school were contacted by the Express & Star but were unavailable for comment.