OFSTED & School Performance
OFSTED REPORT
Our most resent OFSTED report and findings can be found here
key findings from the summary
Pupils at this school do significantly better than other pupils nationally with similar starting points. Leaders prepare pupils exceptionally well for the next stage of their education, employment or training. Leaders have built a track record of success since the last inspection in 2013. The school has maintained exceptionally high standards of pupils’ progress every year. Pupils behave impeccably in lessons and throughout the school. They are polite, thoughtful and determined to do well.
Leaders throughout the school are very skilled. Leaders understand the needs of their pupils in detail and have planned a highly effective curriculum. Pupils in the sixth form make rapid progress in their academic studies and on vocational courses. The leadership of the sixth form is imaginative and resourceful. Safeguarding is at the heart of everything the school does. Pupils do well because they are safe and well cared for in a community that celebrates diversity. The headteacher is an inspiring leader. She has become a champion for the community. Pupils and staff hold the headteacher in high regard. The headteacher is an exceptional professional.
- Outstanding
Overall Effectiveness Outstanding Effectiveness of Leadership
and Management - Outstanding
Quality of Teaching, Learning and Assessment - Outstanding
Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare - Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils - Outstanding
16 to 19 study programmes
School Performance
DESTINATION DATA sIXTH FORM (2021)
The centre assessment grade is the teacher’s professional judgement of the most likely grade a student would have achieved if exams had gone ahead. Our destination data reinforces the drive and determination of our students and sixth form team to succeed and maintain our Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ status. “Inspectors observed exceptional progress in all subjects, both academic and vocational.
Subject studies at university or apprenticeship,
employment or gap year
Total number of sixth form students progressing to Higher Education – 95%
