Greenacre School

Overview

Greenacre School continues to be an outstanding school, maintaining the high standards established in previous inspections. The institution is described as a “welcoming and inclusive school” where the mission to “nurture, empower and prepare” pupils for life is central to its ethos. Leaders have actively strengthened the curriculum and support systems since the last inspection, ensuring that education remains highly personalised and effective for pupils with complex needs.

Strengths

• Relationships between pupils and staff are “warm and nurturing,” with leaders ensuring pupils have a “voice and choice” in their education.
• The curriculum is “aspirational” and “well designed,” featuring personalised learning maps that link tightly to pupils’ education, health and care plans.
• Staff are “highly proficient” and “highly skilled,” adept at adapting resources to help pupils access education and meet precise targets.
• Pupils’ behaviour is “exceptional,” underpinned by a “strong ethos of respect” and effective support for managing conduct.
• There is a strong focus on reading, with teachers being “very skilled at teaching phonics” and pupils enjoying shared stories in “reading dens.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with a “strong culture of safeguarding” where staff understand pupil vulnerability and work tirelessly with external agencies to keep pupils safe.