Lancashire Alternative Provision

Overview: Lancashire Alternative Provision provides a supportive and inclusive environment for pupils who have experienced disrupted education in the past. Pupils make progress from their differing starting points and are well-prepared for their next stage of education, employment or training. The school's leaders are ambitious for pupils and provide effective support to help them overcome barriers to learning.

Strengths:

• Pupils develop confidence and willingness to try new things, and by the time they reach the end of Year 11, they are prepared well for their next stages of education, employment or training.
• Most pupils achieve well over time, despite many struggling with aspects of their learning when they first begin at the school.
• Pupils learn how to be successful at school and in the wider world, including developing an understanding of British values, and demonstrate positive attitudes and cooperation with others most of the time.

Areas to improve:

• Leaders should ensure that pupils improve the fluency of their written work and accuracy in mathematics recording so that pupils can explain their learning and ideas more clearly.
• Leaders should make sure that teachers identify and address gaps in pupils’ knowledge so that they are better prepared for their next stage of learning.
• The proprietor should ensure that all leaders are clear about their role in meeting and maintaining the independent school standards.

Safeguarding: The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfilling their specific responsibilities and having established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.