Monkton Wood Academy

Overview:

Leaders and those responsible for governance have taken effective action to improve behaviour and secure consistently positive attitudes to learning. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. However, the school's approaches to managing pupils' behaviour are sometimes not implemented fully, and some pupils do not engage enough in lessons.

Strengths:

• Leaders and those responsible for governance have taken effective action to improve behaviour and secure consistently positive attitudes to learning.
• Arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
• The school has strong systems in place to track pupils' attendance.
• The school has robust and well-managed safeguarding processes.
• Pupils receive the care and support that they need.
• The school works with external agencies well, making sure that the right additional help is secured when required.
• The school carries out the correct checks on leaders, staff and volunteers to ensure that they are suitable to work with young people.
• The school manages any allegations about members of staff appropriately.
• The school has a strong understanding of the signs of potential risks, including those more specifically relevant to the school.
• Pupils learn about how to keep themselves safe online and when using social media.
• Pupils are taught about the importance of making and sustaining healthy, consensual relationships.
• Pupils are encouraged to report any concerns or worries that they might have to staff and are confident that these will be tackled sensitively and well.

Areas to improve:

• The school's approaches to managing pupils' behaviour are sometimes not implemented fully.
• The school is not meeting the behavioural needs of a minority of pupils effectively enough.
• The school's information about rates and patterns of behaviour incidents is not as sharp as it could be.

Safeguarding:

Safeguarding processes are robust and well managed, with comprehensive records and knowledgeable and well-trained staff referring concerns appropriately and leaders following these up rigorously.