Learning4Life-GY

Overview:

Pupils are happy at this welcoming school, describing staff as a 'safe face' and the school as a 'safe place'. Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and nurturing. The school has high expectations for pupils' conduct and achievement, encouraging them to demonstrate positive attitudes based on its core values of 'ready, respectful, safe'. Pupils celebrate improvements in their own behaviour since joining the school.

Strengths:

• Pupils are happy and describe staff as a 'safe face' and the school as a 'safe place'.

• Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and nurturing.

• The school has high expectations for pupils' conduct and achievement.

• Pupils learn about the positive indicators of physical and mental health.

• Pupils are clear that everyone is treated fairly and with respect.

Areas to improve:

• Some of the reading materials provided to promote a love of reading are not chosen carefully enough, particularly for pupils new to the country or new to learning English.

• The school's work to ensure that all pupils have high attendance is not having consistent impact, with some pupils having low attendance and missing out on essential learning and their wider personal development.

• Some aspects of the school's personal development programme are less developed than others, with some pupils' knowledge and experience of topics such as British values and protected characteristics being variable.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.