Management:
Boarding:
‘excellent’
‘excellent’
An excellent preparation for life beyond school ‘The quality of boarding provision and care is excellent’, inspectors noted. ‘All Houses, whilst varied in quality, offer bright, well decorated and well furnished accommodation. Pupils personalise their areas with photographs and posters and Houses display all the necessary routine information plus the wide range of out-of-schools activities available to all boarders, including a varied Sunday programme’. Boarders have an ‘excellent standard of personal development’, benefiting from ‘a powerful sense of community, fostered through highly valued friendships, a thorough induction programme, peer buddying, inter-house competitions, carefully trained House prefects and effective leadership and management by House staff. Boarders are
monitor the School and hold it closely to account. Inspirational leadership at all levels has strengthened the School’s identity over recent years and supports the excellent achievement of pupils’.
confident and outgoing, engaging readily with one another, staff and visitors’. Relationships between staff and pupils, and older pupils and younger pupils were considered to be ‘excellent’. ‘Boarders enjoy taking part in a wide range of after-school activities as well as their own programme of free-time entertainment and there is help with prep and someone to talk to when needed. A varied Sunday programme is also on offer’. ‘There is a healthy inter-house competitive spirit. Each House has a unique and distinctive characteristic but all follow a common framework of policy and procedure’. Inspectors considered the boarding experience to be of high quality, providing ‘excellent preparation for life beyond school and successfully promoting independence and
a sense of responsibility’.
Welfare, Health and Safety:
‘excellent’
‘Staff are highly motivated and effective’ as leaders and team members’
Inspirational leadership at all levels The effectiveness of governance, leadership and management was judged to be ‘excellent’, as was the quality of leadership and management and ‘the aspiration to excellence in all
inspectors commented. The excellent Teacher Learning Communities were particularly praised, as were Heads of Department in their effective leadership and management. Inspectors found the lesson and peer observation at the core of all professional development reviews to have a ‘particularly positive impact on the quality of teaching’.
aspects of school life’. Inspectors considered Felsted governors to provide ‘very effective support’ and thought that they had a ‘very clear and perceptive oversight of their responsibilities. Clear educational direction and well established and regular reporting mechanisms allow them to
A very strong safeguarding culture Pastoral care at Felsted is ‘outstanding’ across all age groups, as cited by the Ofsted inspection in 2011 and reaffirmed in this ISI inspection. Policies and procedures for child welfare, health and safety are excellent. The School’s aim to provide a strong sense of community and a climate of tolerance and respect is very well met. Staff safeguarding training is of high quality and provides them with a strong awareness. A well-equipped, 24 hour Medical Centre accommodates those that are unwell, and deals with all medical matters via a comprehensive and secure patient tracker system.
Parental Links:
‘excellent’
Parents are overwhelmingly positive and supportive Relationships with parents, carers and guardians are considered to be ‘excellent’. Parents expressed ‘very high levels of
satisfaction with regard to the care, safety and happiness of their children’.
Inspectors noted that ‘very active parent groups allow them to provide input into the School’s strategic direction. Parents frequently engage with the life of the School, organising events and supporting fixtures such as concerts, plays and sports matches. Information at all levels, both electronic and published is of high quality, clear and informative. Parents’ evenings, surveys, visits and termly pupil gradings all help to keep family members involved – parental concerns are few but those that do occur are dealt with promptly and in accordance with procedure’.
‘Parents are fully supportive of the School and are overwhelmingly positive about the impact the School has on their children’s lives.’
‘Plus est en nous’: ‘there is more in us’ We are determined not to rest on our laurels! We strive for continuous improvement through every aspect of teaching and learning at Felsted. Our aim is to offer all Felstedians excellence in every aspect of education. Our ‘thriving and distinctive community celebrates 450 years of the finest education. We are ‘united in aspiration’ to aim beyond this exceptional level.
Independent | Co-educational | Boarding & Day | Ages 4 - 18 Felsted, Essex CM6 3LL
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