Mossbourne Fobbing Academy

Overview

This focused monitoring inspection addressed concerns regarding the proportionality of sanctions, the complaints process, and potential off-rolling. The report confirms that safeguarding standards are met and highlights significant improvements in leadership, attendance, and behaviour since the school joined The Mossbourne Federation.

Strengths

• Leaders have established a "calm environment without disruption to learning" through clear, commonly understood behaviour policies.
• Attendance has "improved significantly," with leaders quickly identifying concerns and working closely with families to provide support.
• The school effectively supports pupils with SEND and anxiety, ensuring "reasonable adjustments are made" and engaging external specialists.
• Staff are "very happy with the recent changes," and leaders actively seek views from pupils and stakeholders to refine systems.
• Inspectors found "no evidence of off-rolling," confirming appropriate procedures are followed when removing pupils from the roll.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must "further strengthen communication and engagement with parents, carers and pupils" to ensure behaviour systems and complaints procedures are understood.
• The school should ensure high expectations for behaviour are implemented in a way that helps "all pupils understand and engage positively," particularly older pupils who currently struggle with the rationale behind new rules.

Safeguarding

The report states that "safeguarding standards are met," noting that leaders have established an open culture where concerns are actively identified and managed, ensuring children feel safe.