The support given to these pupils enables them to make similar progress to other pupils in their class. It is very good for their moral and social development. Good for their cultural development and satisfactory for their spiritual development. How well the school cares for its pupils Satisfactory overall. The staff like their pupils, respond well to them and ensure their safety.
Staff know the procedures for child protection and first-aid is provided promptly and sensitively.
However, weaknesses in the school s monitoring of pupils academic progress results in some of them not achieving as well as they might. At present there are too many diverse procedures for recording what the pupils can do and know and this information is not used in a coherent way to raise standards. The school sets individual academic targets but they are rarely sufficiently rigorous. The school s partnership with parents is good and contributes well to the pupils very good behaviour and attitudes. The acting headteacher and acting deputy headteacher have successfully managed the school through a difficult period over the last six months.