Kitts Green Academy

Overview

Kitts Green Academy is a caring environment where staff understand pupils’ vulnerabilities and prioritise their safety and belonging. While the school has stabilised and behaviour has improved, the report states that achievement, attendance, and curriculum delivery are not yet consistently secure. Leaders have a clear vision for improvement, but the impact of recent strategies is not yet evident across all aspects of the school’s work.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture where concerns are actively identified and managed.
• Staff are skilled at recognising when pupils are struggling and de-escalating situations to help them feel safe.
• There has been a significant reduction in the use of restrictive physical interventions and suspensions.
• Pupils are becoming more confident and are beginning to enjoy their learning after previous disengagement.
• Leaders provide targeted training, helping staff understand pupils’ social, emotional and mental health needs.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure staff receive suitable training to deliver the curriculum effectively and match activities to intended learning.
• Leaders should reduce levels of absence so pupils miss less time at school.
• Leaders should implement an effective strategy to help pupils catch up on key learning when they miss lessons.
• Leaders should ensure the personal development and wellbeing programme is well structured and monitored.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, meaning leaders have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.