Haywood Grove School

Overview

Haywood Grove School continues to be a good school, providing a supportive environment for pupils with social, emotional, and mental health needs. Pupils are described as happy and safe, benefiting from strong relationships with staff and effective home-school links.

Strengths

• Staff build "positive and trusting relationships" with pupils, ensuring they feel "well cared for" and listened to.
• The curriculum is "ambitious" and carefully designed to meet pupils’ specific needs, with learning plans that address knowledge gaps.
• Pupils receive effective support for reading, including a well-trained phonics programme and opportunities to share books.
• There is "rich provision supporting pupils’ personal development," including holiday mentoring and therapies that promote resilience.
• Parents describe their child’s experience as "life changing" and "phenomenal," reflecting strong satisfaction with the school.

Areas to improve

• The school must ensure curriculum evaluation "informs staff training" so that all pupils achieve as they should, as current data is not sufficiently coherent.
• Staff require support to make "appropriate pedagogical choices" when delivering curriculum plans, ensuring all pupils benefit fully.
• Governors need to undertake training to deepen their understanding and "hold leaders robustly to account" regarding curriculum impact.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.