Springfield School

Overview

Springfield School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, which judged the school outstanding for overall effectiveness. The report describes a setting where “all pupils flourish” and relationships between staff and pupils are “exceptional.” Staff demonstrate a “thorough understanding of pupils’ unique and complex needs,” ensuring that every pupil with special educational needs and/or disabilities is “exceptionally well prepared for their next steps in education.”

Strengths

• The school delivers a “highly effective and ambitious curriculum” that is “exceptionally well considered” to ensure the highest quality of education.
• Staff are “passionate” and “expert at identifying when pupils experience distress,” responding quickly and sensitively to help pupils regulate their behaviour and emotions.
• There is a strong focus on developing communication and language skills, including supporting non-verbal pupils and fostering a “love of reading.”
• Pupils benefit from “impressive opportunities” for personal development, including enrichment activities, community engagement, and “bespoke work-placement opportunities.”
• Parents and carers are “effusive in their praise,” describing the school as “fantastic” and noting that staff “go above and beyond.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.