Brewood Middle CofE Academy

Overview

Pupils describe the school as a ‘family’ where they feel happy and encouraged to achieve. The inspection found that the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership are all ‘Good’, with pupils benefiting from a welcoming environment and high standards of respect.

Strengths

• Pupils are ‘consistently polite and respectful’, with incidents of poor behaviour being ‘very rare’.
• The curriculum in English and mathematics is ‘more secure’, with pupils ‘successfully learning and remembering more’ due to clearly identified key knowledge.
• Provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) has been renewed, with needs ‘accurately identified’ and effective liaison with parents.
• Personal development is strong, featuring a ‘substantial and well-established extra-curricular offer’ and ‘highly developed’ careers advice.
• Staff report they are ‘proud to work at the school’, and leaders engage effectively with staff regarding workload.

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, the school must ‘clearly define and sequence the key content and concepts’ to ensure pupils build a ‘secure depth of knowledge and understanding’.
• The school should ensure quality assurance supports all staff to deliver the curriculum ‘as intended across all subjects’ to reduce inconsistencies in delivery.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’.