Lift Tamworth

Overview:

Tamworth Enterprise College and AET Academy is a good school where pupils share high aspirations and understand the school's four 'virtues'. Relationships between pupils and staff are warm, respectful and nurturing, and pupils feel safe. The school places a strong emphasis on pupils' personal development, including mental health and well-being.

Strengths:

• Pupils share high aspirations and understand the school's four 'virtues'.
• Relationships between pupils and staff are warm, respectful and nurturing.
• Pupils feel safe and know who to talk to about any concerns they have.
• The school places a strong emphasis on pupils' personal development, including mental health and well-being.
• The personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum is well planned and sequenced.
• Pupils engage enthusiastically with the comprehensive and high-quality careers programme.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, some teachers do not adapt their teaching consistently to ensure that all pupils are both supported and challenged in their learning.
• Some staff do not consistently check pupils' understanding of what has been learned and what they can remember, resulting in gaps in pupils' knowledge not being identified and addressed effectively.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.