Northway School

Overview

Northway School continues to be an outstanding school, providing a calm and happy environment where pupils are well supported. The curriculum is sharply focused on communication, independence, and well-being, ensuring pupils are extremely well prepared for the future.

Strengths

• Pupils are very happy, with learning activities often based on their interests, helping them enjoy lessons and express their feelings.
• Staff know pupils exceedingly well and respond to expressive communication effectively, enabling meaningful interchange.
• The curriculum design is excellent, with ambitious targets broken into small steps, ensuring pupils master knowledge securely without being over-assisted.
• Collaboration with therapists and external professionals ensures pupils’ needs are well met, diminishing anxiety and supporting emotional regulation.
• Staff feel exceptionally well supported by leaders, who are closely involved in day-to-day life and provide training to extend staff expertise.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.