Green Oak Academy

Overview: Green Oak Academy is a caring school with a strong sense of purpose, underpinned by its Islamic ethos. Pupils are enthusiastic and eager to learn, taking pride in their work and achieving well. They feel safe and trust adults to help them with any worries.

Strengths:

• The school's curriculum is suitably ambitious, with all pupils studying a broad range of subjects.
• Teachers have a secure knowledge of the subjects they teach, providing useful explanations and models in lessons.
• The school's approach to teaching reading is very well considered, with staff making checks on pupils' reading ability and providing regular reading opportunities.
• Pupils display positive attitudes towards learning, enjoying collaborating with others and working together with a shared sense of purpose.
• The school promotes 'active citizenship', encouraging pupils to share their thoughts and opinions and consider views on sensitive matters.

Areas to improve:

• The school's records of safeguarding incidents are not always suitably specific, potentially hindering leaders from sharing and analysing accurate information.
• The knowledge and vocabulary that the school expects pupils to learn in a small number of subjects are not set out as precisely as they might be, limiting pupils in building up their knowledge and skills.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with a strong and effective culture of safeguarding in place. However, the school's records of safeguarding incidents are not suitably specific.