Longwood School

Overview: Longwood School is a good school that provides a positive and supportive environment for its pupils. Pupils take pride in attending the school and have developed mature social skills, such as good manners and respect for others. The school has made improvements since the last inspection, with new leadership and a reviewed curriculum.

Strengths:

• Pupils have positive and respectful relationships with staff and each other.
• Staff have high expectations for pupils' achievements and ensure they behave appropriately.
• Pupils show commitment to their education and enjoy working hard.
• The school's personal development programme is well considered and meets pupils' needs.
• The school's safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, staff are not fully implementing the curriculum and teaching approaches as intended, which means pupils are not making as much progress as possible.
• For some pupils, the support provided by staff does not meet their needs well enough, and targets and guidance about pupils' needs are not specific enough.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.