Aldersley High School

Overview

Aldersley High School continues to be a good school, with leaders maintaining an ambitious curriculum from Years 7 to 13. Pupils generally enjoy their time at school, take pride in their work, and benefit from strong subject knowledge and effective feedback, particularly in the sixth form.

Strengths

• Teachers use strong subject knowledge and resources like ‘knowledge booklets’ to help pupils understand learning and address gaps promptly.
• Leaders have prioritised reading, fostering a culture where ‘everyone is a reader’ through targeted interventions for those not yet fluent.
• Personal development is strong, with pupils engaging in enrichment activities, charity fundraising, and achieving success in awards like the Duke of Edinburgh’s.
• Sixth-form students receive high-quality career guidance, ensuring almost every student moves successfully into education or employment.
• The updated student leadership structure gives over 100 pupils a voice in important decisions, fostering pride in the school’s improvements.

Areas to improve

• Teachers must consistently adapt learning to meet the individual needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to ensure a consistent learning experience.
• Leaders should ensure high expectations of behaviour outside lessons are clearly understood and consistently applied, as some pupils behave inappropriately during social times.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders ensuring staff training reflects local issues, recruitment checks are thorough, and concerns are passed on and acted upon promptly.