Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy

Overview

Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy is described as a “warm and welcoming school” where pupils “thrive” and “relish coming to school.” The report highlights that leaders and governors are “relentless in their ambition” for all pupils to achieve their best, with a clear vision providing an “exceptional education.”

Strengths

• Pupils “behave impeccably,” feel safe, and are “kind to each other,” with bullying being “very rare.”
• Teachers know every pupil “exceptionally well” and use individualised target setting to help each child “excel” and learn in their “own, unique way.”
• The curriculum offers two ambitious pathways that successfully develop communication, reading, and mathematical skills, allowing pupils to be “creative, inquisitive and learn about the world around them.”
• Personal development is integral, with pupils learning life skills and understanding their rights through the school’s “Rights Respecting School Gold Award.”
• Parents describe the school as “brilliant” and “second to none,” praising staff for enabling children to “flourish and to be themselves.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement, noting leaders have a “desire to keep improving, despite the school’s undoubted strengths and successes.”

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are “effective,” with a “strong culture of safeguarding” where staff are well trained and understand how to keep pupils with additional needs and vulnerabilities safe.