ofsted report

It provides good teaching and a good standard of care enabling students who have had unsuccessful or unhappy school experiences to re-engage the learning process.
It develops very positive attitudes in its students, who make good progress.
Very high quality social interactions are evident around the school.

The curriculum is good.
The curriculum provides opportunities for all students to learn and achieve and promotes all elements of students' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development so as to prepare them for leaving school.
Courses and subjects provide students with very many activities that focus on developing new literacy and numeracy skills, as well as opportunities to practise previously acquired or half-learned ones.
A strength of the academic curriculum is the strong contribution that some subjects make to students' personal development. In this way students are prepared well for leaving school.
The quality of teaching and assessment is good. Teachers have very good subject knowledge and plan their lessons very well to take into account the academic and personal needs of all learners.
Students learn very well and make good progress.
This is very impressive for students who, previously, have not attended school regularly and have been disillusioned with the experience of secondary school.
The most striking features of lessons are the strength of relationships and the quality of interactions that take place. Mutual respect between staff and students enable the former to have high expectations and the latter to have the confidence to become involved.

Social and moral development is encouraged very strongly both formally and informally.
The whole school ethos is focused on getting pupils to make informed choices and to take responsibility for the outcomes of those decisions.
Students are developing a very good understanding of living and working harmoniously with others, resolving conflict and taking responsibility for independent work. These experiences are extremely good preparation for further education, employment and being part of the community in which they live.

The school has made good provision for the welfare, health and safety of the students. It is a safe place in which to work and learn.
The school encourages the students to eat healthily, bringing their own food at lunchtime and to take regular exercise. Students know to whom to turn if they have any concerns or problems and they feel very secure in school.

The school takes great care to ensure that all staff employed by the school and volunteers are suitable for the work that is expected of them.

The school provides parents with all the necessary information. They are kept well informed about their children's progress by regular contact with the school.