Ormiston Meridian Academy

Overview

The report describes Ormiston Meridian Academy as a school where pupils feel “valued and accepted,” creating a “real sense of belonging.” While personal development is rated at a “strong standard,” other key areas including achievement, attendance, behaviour, curriculum, inclusion, and leadership are judged to meet the “expected standard.”

Strengths

• Personal development is “ambitious” and “closely matched to its context,” with a “carefully structured programme” that widens opportunity for all pupils.
• Pupils benefit from “advanced and inclusive” pupil leadership and a wide range of extra-curricular activities, including the school’s “entitlement pledge.”
• Staff demonstrate “high levels of subject knowledge” and deliver “well-structured learning” with clear routines that enable effective teaching.
• Leaders have established an “open culture” for safeguarding where concerns are “actively identified, acted upon and managed.”
• The inclusion team accurately identifies barriers, using strategies like “achiever plans” to ensure pupils with special educational needs access the curriculum.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure that “teaching across all subject areas is delivered consistently to improve outcomes for pupils.”
• Leaders should continue work to “improve behaviour for all pupils, particularly pupils with barriers,” so they meet high expectations.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” and ensuring pupils are “made safer and feel safe.”