Mount Street Academy

Overview

Mount Street Academy is described as a “warm and welcoming school” where relationships are built on “kindness and respect.” The report highlights an “ambitious curriculum” and “exceptional personal development” that helps pupils flourish, though it notes specific areas requiring refinement in communication skills and local oversight.

Strengths

• The curriculum is carefully designed with knowledge “sequenced in a logical order,” helping pupils develop deeper subject understanding.
• Teachers are “skilled” and effectively adapt work for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Early years provision is praised for providing a “wealth of learning opportunities” where children show “high levels of concentration.”
• Reading and phonics are a key priority, with staff ensuring children become “competent and confident readers.”
• Personal development is “bespoke to the school,” featuring enrichment activities that allow pupils to explore diverse interests.

Areas to improve

• The school must refine its approach to developing pupils’ “speaking and listening skills,” as some struggle to communicate effectively.
• Leaders need to ensure the Anthem Community Council has the capacity to complete its responsibilities and that decisions are securely embedded with pupils’ best interests at heart.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”