Judgemeadow Community College

Overview: Judgemeadow Community College is a good school that celebrates cultural diversity and provides a wide range of opportunities for pupils' personal development. Pupils feel safe in school and have strong relationships with their form tutors. The school has high expectations of all pupils and leaders want them to succeed academically and socially.

Strengths:

• The school has a culture of care, with pupils knowing they can go to an adult in school if they have any worries.
• Leaders and teachers provide a wide range of opportunities to develop pupils' personal development.
• The school has a system in place to support weaker and early readers, with leaders tracking pupils' progress and taking action to support weaker readers.
• Pupils have access to a well-resourced library and a wide range of information connected to careers.
• The school has a strong pastoral support system, with pupils fostering good relationships with their form tutors.

Areas to improve:

• Some pupils do not attend school regularly, missing out on learning, and leaders must ensure that all pupils receive support to attend school regularly.
• Teachers do not always make appropriate adaptations to support some pupils with SEND, and leaders must ensure that teachers are given clear guidance and strategies to support all pupils who may need additional support.
• The quality of extra support for some pupils is not always good enough, and leaders must ensure that the quality of this support is planned and delivered effectively.
• Not all pupils study all subjects throughout key stage 3, and leaders should ensure that all pupils study all subjects in sufficient breadth and depth throughout key stage 3.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with a culture of care at the school and pupils knowing they can go to an adult in school if they have any worries. Safeguarding leaders take swift action when concerns are raised and work with a range of other agencies to support pupils and their families.