Glossopdale School and Sixth Form

Overview: Glossopdale School and Sixth Form is a good school that provides a positive and supportive environment for its pupils. The school has high expectations for all pupils and aims for them to 'thrive' and show tenacity, hard work, responsibility, independence, vision and excellence. Pupils develop positive relationships with their teachers and feel safe.

Strengths:

• The school's curriculum is ambitious and has been carefully designed to allow pupils to learn about increasingly complex aspects of the subjects they study.
• Teachers have secure subject knowledge and model thinking for pupils.
• Pupils benefit from a range of wider opportunities, including football, netball and dance clubs, and volunteering opportunities.
• The school prioritises reading and provides effective support to pupils who need help to become more fluent readers.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, teachers do not rigorously check pupils' understanding in lessons, which can result in pupils not securing the knowledge they need to access subsequent learning.
• In some subjects, the strategies that teachers use to help pupils recall knowledge they have previously learned are not consistently effective.
• Some vulnerable pupils are persistently absent, which prevents them from accessing the good quality of education that the school provides.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.