St Clere's School

Overview

St Clere’s School provides a “broad, ambitious curriculum” where pupils generally learn well and are “well-prepared for adulthood.” The school has effectively managed significant disruption caused by building issues, resulting in improved behaviour and high-quality provision, particularly for pupils with special educational needs.

Strengths

• The curriculum is carefully planned, with staff using strategies like ‘do now’ tasks to ensure pupils “confidently move on to new content.”
• The “specially resourced provision” for visually-impaired and deaf pupils is described as “exceptional,” with these students making significant progress.
• Sixth-form students are “highly positive” about their experience, becoming “adept at using their time productively.”
• The school places strong emphasis on reading, providing “carefully designed support” to ensure pupils become “confident and accurate readers.”
• Pupils learn about diversity, equality, and British values, with most treating each other with “kindness and respect.”

Areas to improve

• The school must ensure all teachers have sufficient expertise so that activities “precisely meet the needs of pupils,” as some currently do not access the curriculum effectively.
• Staff need support to apply the behaviour policy “consistently as leaders intend,” as inconsistent application allows a minority of pupils to disrupt learning.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”