Watchdog thumbs-up for top-class school

Good OFSTED for the Darul Hadis Latifiah school in Coppice.

AN Islamic boys’ school in Coppice has received the backing of Ofsted.

The private Darul Hadis Latifiah North-West has chalked up good grades across the board from the education watchdog in its first inspection.

The Plum Street secondary opened in August, 2012, in the former Hulme Kindergarten and provides a faith-based education.

Fees are £2,000-a-year and it has 47 pupils aged from 11 to 14, mainly from Bangladeshi families in Oldham. None have special educational needs and it plans to accept pupils aged up to 16.

Most pupils join with standards slightly lower than expected and many have been educated at home or have missed proportions of primary school.

But inspectors said: “Pupils’ achievements are good as a result of good teaching.

“Regular appraisals of attainment and progress are undertaken. The indications are that, in this first year of operation, all year groups have made sufficient progress to bring their attainment in line with national expectations, including literacy and numeracy.”

Ofsted said that faith-based work provided pupils with “chances to consider how others live and work in communities beyond their own.”
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