Chilton Trinity School

Overview

Chilton Trinity School has made significant progress since its previous inspection, with all four key judgement areas now rated as ‘Good’. The report highlights that the school has “sharpened its expectations for pupils’ learning and behaviour,” resulting in a positive environment where pupils are “calm and focus on their learning.” Leaders have acted quickly to drive improvement, particularly in raising standards for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high standards of conduct, showing “kindness and consideration” to one another, with bullying being “unusual.”
• The curriculum is “ambitious and carefully sequenced,” helping pupils retain knowledge and apply it to new learning.
• Teachers receive “well-structured training” and use consistent approaches to support pupil engagement and memory.
• Personal development is holistic, with pupils reflecting on moral questions and receiving age-appropriate relationships education.
• Safeguarding arrangements are “effective,” and pupils feel “well supported by the pastoral team.”

Areas to improve

• Teachers do not always “respond promptly to make adaptations for pupils with SEND during lessons,” meaning some do not receive timely support.
• The school has not always “evaluated the impact of its actions precisely enough” to identify next steps with accuracy in some areas of development.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”