Shaftesbury Nash College

Overview

Livability Nash College provides education for young people with severe to profound special educational needs and disabilities. The inspection found that leaders have effectively addressed previous weaknesses, resulting in a "good" overall effectiveness, with staff delivering a nurturing and safe environment where learners make sustained progress.

Strengths

• Learners benefit from a "safe and supportive environment" where staff know them well and understand their complex needs.
• Tutors "skilfully plan and teach the curriculum," ensuring learners achieve their planned learning goals and EHC plan outcomes.
• There is effective collaboration between tutors and therapists, allowing learners to work towards therapy goals during lessons.
• Leaders have implemented a "detailed improvement plan" and changed leadership structures to provide good oversight of the college.
• Learners participate in a "good range of activities" that enrich their time, including trips to restaurants and swimming pools.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure tutors teach a "broad personal development curriculum," including topics such as healthy relationships, gender identity, and sexuality.
• Leaders must provide staff with training to support learners with "complex communication needs" more effectively.
• Leaders should ensure the most able learners have a "sufficiently challenging curriculum" and opportunities for external work placements.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff trained to identify signs of abuse and designated leads taking timely action to ensure learner welfare.