Reynalds Cross School

Overview

Reynalds Cross School continues to be a good school, providing a warm and supportive environment where pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities feel safe and happy. Leaders have redesigned the curriculum to meet the complex needs of pupils, focusing heavily on personal development, communication, and preparation for adulthood.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending school, receiving a "warm welcome" and trusting adults who keep them safe.
• The "ambitious curriculum" is carefully tailored to pupils’ varied needs, with a strong focus on "personal development" and future careers.
• Staff effectively support pupils’ behaviour and communication, using personalised resources and a consistent phonics scheme.
• Parents have a "high level of confidence" in staff, who are dedicated and responsive to concerns.
• Staff workload is managed well, with tangible steps taken to ensure it is "reasonable, realistic and manageable."

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, staff do not use assessment well enough to check understanding, meaning misconceptions are not addressed quickly.
• The school needs to ensure all staff use assessment consistently to help pupils "gain and retain new knowledge."

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.