Co-op Academy Hamilton

Overview

Co-op Academy Hamilton is a highly inclusive school where pupils flourish within a "warm and welcoming community" guided by the 'MAGIC' values. The report describes a setting where leaders maintain "exacting and accurate" oversight, ensuring that high standards of teaching, behaviour, and attendance are consistently met across all areas of provision.

Strengths

• Pupils "achieve very highly across the curriculum," with leaders placing clear emphasis on securing essential foundations in early years and addressing learning gaps quickly.
• Attendance is "above national figures" due to effective partnership with families and swift action to remove barriers, while behaviour is "consistently very positive" with bullying being rare.
• The curriculum is "ambitious, rich and engaging," with teaching that is "consistently effective" and a strong focus on phonics, vocabulary, and oracy.
• Inclusion is a strength, with disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities receiving "precise and effective support" that enables them to thrive alongside peers.
• Leaders and governors work closely together, with governors holding leaders to account with "rigour" and supporting high standards through a shared ambitious vision.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure that the school’s expansion into key stage 2 is managed effectively so that "existing high standards of provision are sustained and built on."

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an "open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility" and concerns being actively identified and managed.