St George's School

Overview: St George's School is a vibrant, happy, and inviting school that caters for pupils with a wide range of complex needs. Pupils have extremely positive relationships with staff, and staff know pupils very well, aided by positive relationships with families. Pupils feel safe, secure, and well looked after.

Strengths:

• Pupils have extremely positive relationships with staff.
• Staff know pupils very well, aided by positive relationships with families.
• Pupils are supported extremely well, feeling safe, secure, and well looked after.
• A culture of high expectations is promoted by staff, with pupils themselves encouraging others to behave positively and follow school rules.
• Support for pupils' personal development is strong, with staff teaching pupils about different religions, relationships and sex education, and health education.

Areas to improve:

• The school's assessment system is not as refined and consistent as leaders would like, creating some unnecessary workload.
• Governors do not hold leaders to account rigorously enough, with questions not challenging leaders enough and actions set at governor meetings not clear enough.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff being very aware of the vulnerabilities of pupils and their families, and regular training ensuring the school community knows what to do if they have concerns.