Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy

Overview: Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy is a good school that provides a caring and welcoming environment for its pupils. The school has high expectations for all pupils and demonstrates its values of courage, ambition, respect, and excellence. Pupils feel safe and are confident that they can talk to staff about any concerns.

Strengths:

• The school provides a curriculum that is ambitious and well-organised, with a clear understanding of the key knowledge, skills, and vocabulary that pupils need to learn.
• The school ensures that the curriculum for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) meets their needs, and staff identify the needs of these pupils promptly.
• The school has a strong careers programme and prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain.
• The school provides a wide range of experiences for pupils, including learning to play a musical instrument, playing sports, and participating in school performances.
• The school has a good recall of what pupils have learned about keeping safe, including online safety.

Areas to improve:

• In some subjects, the work given to some pupils does not enable them to develop their ideas and extend their answers as well as they could.
• Some pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils, do not attend school regularly enough and miss important aspects of their learning.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.