North West Hospital School

Overview: North West Hospital School provides a safe and nurturing environment for pupils who are seriously ill and undergoing hospital treatment. The school's education helps pupils to regain their self-confidence and contributes to improving their physical and mental health. Staff have high expectations of pupils and work closely with clinical professionals to ensure that pupils are supported well.

Strengths:

• Pupils are welcomed into a safe and nurturing environment.
• Pupils build trusting relationships with their key adults, helping them to regain their self-confidence.
• Staff work closely with clinical professionals to ensure that pupils are supported well.
• Pupils develop strong bonds with each other, behaving well and getting along together.
• Staff deliver the curriculum skilfully, taking careful regard to pupils' SEND and health needs.

Areas to improve:

• Some pupils develop gaps in their knowledge because they do not attend school as often as their medical treatment allows. The school does not check this missed learning sufficiently well.
• A small number of pupils who have gaps in their reading knowledge do not receive the support that they need to catch up.
• Some information relating to safeguarding is not recorded in the most useful way.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with a strong culture of safeguarding and staff well trained and alert to any signs that a pupil may be at risk of harm.