Saint Pierre is an independent day preparatory school for boys and girls aged between two and 11 years old. There are currently 122 pupils on roll, including 35 children in the early years, 24 of whom are in the Nursery and attend on a part-time basis. Thirty-one of these children receive government funding for three- and four-year-olds. The school is situated in a large, detached, Victorian house in Leigh-on-Sea. Its facilities include a multi-purpose hall. The school uses local sports venues. The school aims to ‘work effectively in collaboration with parents and pupils to ensure each individual child is enabled to develop their true potential to the full in all areas of the curriculum’. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is broadly Inspection report: Saint Pierre School, 12–14 July 2017 Page 9 of 12 average. Pupils come from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds that reflect those of the local areas. No pupils speak English as an additional language. The school does not make use of any alternative provider. The school was inspected in July 2015, when its overall effectiveness was judged to be inadequate as the school failed to meet some of the independent school standards relating to: the welfare, health and safety of pupils; premises and accommodation; the provision of information; the quality of leadership and management; and the statutory requirements of the early years foundation stage. The proprietor was required to produce an action plan and received a progress monitoring inspection in October 2016, which found that the school had taken the necessary action to meet the independent school standards inspected at that time.