Big Creative Independent School

Overview: Big Creative Independent School is a good school that provides a supportive and creative environment for pupils in Years 10 and 11 who have an interest in music and media. Pupils have a strong sense of belonging and value the positive relationships with staff. The school is ambitious for pupils to enjoy learning and re-engage with education.

Strengths:

• Pupils have a strong sense of belonging and value the positive relationships with staff.
• Teachers take the time to get to know pupils' interests and past experiences in detail.
• The school provides pupils with educational experiences that develop their confidence and self-esteem.
• Pupils show high levels of self-control and behaviour in classrooms and during social times is impressive.
• The school has effective strategies in place to identify pupils who find reading more difficult and provides tailored reading support.

Areas to improve:

• Some teachers do not give pupils enough time to act on feedback about their work, and some teachers do not ensure that checks on pupils' learning spot important errors in pupils' work.
• Some pupils do not have enough opportunity to respond to teacher feedback and correct foundational errors highlighted in their written work.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.