ISI Inspection Report

Francis Holland was reported as ‘Excellent’ in all areas of Educational Quality and met all Regulatory Compliance Inspection standards (ISI Inspection Report, March 2022).

We are reported as ‘Excellent’ in pupils’ academic and other achievements and pupils’ personal development.

Key quotes from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) Focused Compliance and Educational Quality Inspection Report, March 2022

  • The quality of pupils’ academic and other achievements is excellent
    • “Pupils’ attitudes to learning are excellent. They are highly self-motivated to succeed.”
    • “Pupils attain highly in examinations and make rapid progress in lessons.”
    • “Pupils are excellent communicators, articulate, confident and convincing.”
    • “Pupils comment that teachers support them well to achieve, through encouragement and by fostering their self-belief.”
    • “At A level, pupils’ attainment is excellent across all subjects and continues to rise still further, placing the school recently in the top 10% nationally for added value.”
  • The quality of pupils’ personal development is excellent
    • “Pupils are well-rounded individuals who mutually support each other to achieve highly.”
    • “Pupils are confident and show strong self-awareness, enabling them to succeed.”
    • “Pupils eagerly play their part in school and community, for example, as leaders and role models.”
    • “Pupils are resilient and forward-looking in their learning, making the most of opportunities offered to them.”
    • “The leadership supports pupils’ mental health well, through a strong pastoral system.”

Inspectors agree that the school balances academic success with well-being very effectively so that pupils can be successful, but also happy” ISI Inspection Report

Francis Holland was reported as ‘Excellent’ in all key areas of school life: quality of teaching; pupils’ achievements and learning; curricular and co-curricular provision; personal development and pastoral care and quality of leadership and management.

Key quotes from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) Inspection Report, February 2014

  • “The quality of the pupils’ achievements is excellent”
  • “80% of grades at A* and A at GCSE and almost two thirds A* and A at A Level”
  • “The most able are clearly identified and successfully tackle more challenging tasks and a wide variety of academic extension programmes throughout the school”
  • “Pupils’ attitudes to learning are exemplary”
  • “First-class relationships between staff and pupils contribute significantly to pupils’ confidence”
  • “Teachers provide excellent individual support”
  • “The school meets its pastoral aims exceptionally well”

ISI Inspection Report 2014

ISI Regulatory Compliance Inspection 2018

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