King’s School awarded highest possible grade in latest inspection

The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) has awarded the King’s School the highest possible grade in all areas after a recent inspection.

The Prestbury-based independent school, which moved to its new campus from Macclesfield at the start of the 2020/21 academic year, was deemed to be excelling in meeting today’s pupils’ needs, achieving an ‘excellent’ grade in all areas. The school also rated extremely high levels of pupil and parent satisfaction.

The ISI report highlighted the pupils’ strong academic progress, broad based personal development and sensitive moral compass among the many strengths of a King’s education. From the Early Years Foundation stage to the Sixth Form, King’s was found to be a supportive, respectful and outward-looking community offering a wealth of opportunities.

Head of Foundation Jason Slack has welcomed the report, the first since he took control at King’s School in September 2020; he said:

“The report represents a very positive and complimentary review that rightly celebrates the School successfully meeting its aims of encouraging pupils to aspire, work hard and achieve and fostering a friendly, polite and caring community.

The school was also praised for its response to Covid-19 restrictions. The ISI commented:

“Pupils felt they made very good progress during the recent COVID-19 restrictions due to the excellence of the schools’ provision for remote learning.”

Inspectors’ single recommendation was to “ensure pupils develop a deeper spiritual understanding and appreciation of the non-material aspects of life. Jason Slack added:

“There are many positive judgements and just one recommendation is made concerning spirituality and the pupils’ appreciation of the non-material aspects of life.  We will now review our current provision and implement measures to improve this aspect.

“The School is in a very strong position moving forward and this report represents an achievement of which we can all be proud.”