Goole Academy

Overview

Leaders are “ambitious and determined for all pupils to succeed,” creating a “calm and orderly atmosphere” where students feel safe and supported. The school delivers an “ambitious, well planned and sequenced” curriculum, with particular strength in careers guidance and personal development, ensuring pupils are well prepared for their next steps.

Strengths

• The curriculum is “ambitious, well planned and sequenced,” with teachers demonstrating “good subject knowledge” and skilfully breaking down complex problems.
• “Strong relationships between staff and pupils” underpin effective behaviour management, allowing students to focus on learning in a “calm and orderly atmosphere.”
• The careers curriculum is a “strength,” ensuring compliance with Gatsby benchmarks and preparing pupils well for further education, training, or employment.
• Staff provide “effective and timely support” for mental well-being, and disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND “do well.”
• Safeguarding arrangements are “effective,” with staff trained to identify risks and make “appropriate referrals to external agencies.”

Areas to improve

• Teachers should regularly check that pupils have secured key knowledge, as some struggle to recall information needed to “access new learning.”
• Leaders must ensure all pupils benefit from the full PSHE curriculum, as timetabling constraints have left a small minority with “gaps in their understanding” of topics such as fundamental British values.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” noting that staff identify pupils at risk effectively and that pupils “trust the adults in school” and know how to report concerns.