Manor Academy Sale

Overview

Manor Academy Sale continues to be a good school, described as a "welcoming and friendly" environment where pupils are "known and celebrated as individuals." The school’s vision focuses on preparing pupils to become "self-reliant, caring and responsible adults," with high expectations for achievement across a range of subjects. All pupils have an education, health and care plan, and the school ensures they progress to "positive destinations."

Strengths

• Pupils behave well and feel "happy and safe," supported by high staff-to-pupil ratios that help manage behaviours and emotions.
• The curriculum is "ambitious" and carefully designed to prepare pupils for adulthood, including life skills such as cooking, budgeting, and independent travel.
• Teachers use "effective assessment strategies" and "skilful questioning" to address misconceptions and shape future teaching.
• Personal development is "thoughtfully considered," with activities like residential trips and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award building "confidence, resilience and self-belief."
• Leaders are "approachable and supportive," considering staff workload when introducing changes.

Areas to improve

• In a small number of subjects, the school must finalise the specific knowledge and vocabulary pupils need to learn to ensure they "build securely on earlier learning."
• Systems to monitor the impact of new reading strategies are "underdeveloped," meaning some pupils do not receive "prompt support" to read confidently and fluently.

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."