Collingwood School & Media Arts College

Overview

This ungraded inspection found that the school’s work “may have improved significantly across all areas” since its previous graded inspection. Consequently, the next inspection will be a graded one. The report describes a “welcoming environment” where pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities “thrive” and feel “valued and understood.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is “well embedded” and “precisely focused” on equipping pupils with skills for success, with pathways “well matched to pupils’ needs.”
• Staff are “highly skilled” and “experts in supporting pupils with SEND,” using “effective adaptations” to foster independence and timely interventions.
• Pupils “behave exceptionally well,” demonstrating high respect for staff and peers, while effectively using strategies to “manage their emotions.”
• There is a “rich and innovative” range of opportunities, including vocational links, enterprise projects, and community-based learning that supports re-engagement.
• Reading is “prioritised” across the school, with “effective phonics teaching” and timely support for older pupils to become fluent readers.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

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