Dee Banks School

Overview

Dee Banks School continues to be a good school, where pupils arrive with smiles and feel happy and safe. Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to achieve well, providing an interesting curriculum that prepares students for adult life through personalised learning and independence-building activities.

Strengths

• Pupils behave well, with staff effectively resolving any bullying or conflict quickly.
• The curriculum is designed well and ordered logically, helping pupils develop communication skills and independence.
• Staff adopt a personalised approach to designing learning, considering individual pupil needs and prior knowledge.
• Leaders provide many opportunities for personal development, such as music clubs, sports, and life skills like cooking and shopping.
• Leaders work in close partnership with parents and carers, ensuring they feel listened to and involved.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure teachers design learning that is clearly linked to long-term subject curriculum aims, so pupils’ learning is organised in logical steps.
• Leaders must ensure teachers use assessment information effectively to determine next steps in learning, ensuring new content builds on secure existing knowledge.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with robust systems in place to identify risks and staff who are well trained in reporting concerns.