Manchester Senior Girls School

Overview: Manchester Senior Girls School requires improvement overall, with good quality of education and behaviour, but personal development and leadership and management requiring improvement.

Strengths:

• The school's curriculum is ambitious for pupils, setting out important knowledge from Year 7 to Year 11.
• The school's effective systems identify the additional needs of pupils with SEND, and well-chosen resources help pupils with SEND to access the same curriculum as their peers.
• Pupils have access to a wide range of books that capture their interests, motivating them to engage in the pleasure of reading.
• Behaviour across the school is positive, with pupils learning the importance of respect and generosity towards one another.
• The school has designed an appropriate impartial careers information, education, advice and guidance programme.

Areas to improve:

• The proprietor has not promoted pupils' understanding of protected characteristics effectively, with pupils not learning about sexual orientation or gender reassignment.
• The proprietor has not ensured that the school provides a suitable RSE programme that meets the statutory requirements for secondary-age pupils.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.