Hyland House School

Overview

Hyland House School is rated as ‘Good’ overall, having improved significantly since its previous inspection. Pupils enjoy school, display positive attitudes, and achieve well in their studies, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics. The early years provision is rated ‘Outstanding’, providing a strong foundation for children’s development.

Strengths

• Pupils are ‘keen to learn new things’ and work with ‘zeal’, resulting in strong academic achievement.
• The early years curriculum is ‘highly ambitious and coherent’, effectively building children’s skills and emotional readiness.
• Behaviour is ‘particularly strong’, with a ‘calm and respectful culture’ where bullying is uncommon.
• The revamped relationships and sex education programme is ‘suitably organised’ and involves parent consultation.
• Staff are well trained in phonics, ensuring gaps in reading fluency are ‘identified early and dealt with quickly’.

Areas to improve

• The curriculum for some foundation subjects in Years 1 to 6 is ‘not sequenced carefully enough’, meaning pupils do not consistently build and connect knowledge over time.
• The school should ‘restructure its curriculum’ to meet its ambitious aims for learning across all subjects.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’.