Progress Schools - Hamilton Square

Overview: Progress Schools - Hamilton Square is an independent school that caters for pupils with social, emotional, and mental health needs. The school has made improvements since the last inspection, but it still requires improvement in the quality of education and leadership and management.

Strengths:

• The school has a strong emphasis on building positive relationships and providing small class sizes to support pupils.
• Staff welcome pupils into school each morning, setting a respectful tone for interactions between pupils and adults.
• The school has high expectations of pupils' achievement and provides opportunities for pupils to develop confidence and resilience through activities such as go-karting and trampolining.

Areas to improve:

• The curriculum is underdeveloped in some subjects, hindering staff's ability to deliver these curriculums and pupils' learning.
• Staff lack subject-specific knowledge to teach some subjects, leading to uneven learning and achievement across the curriculum.
• Staff do not always use assessment information effectively to provide support or design learning activities that take account of pupils' starting points.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.