St Margaret Mary's Secondary School

Overview

The inspection team found that staff foster a calm learning atmosphere with very high expectations, resulting in young people who are self-motivated and enthusiastic learners. The school demonstrates strong performance in raising attainment and achievement, with inspectors expressing confidence in its capacity to continue improving without further visits.

Strengths

• Staff maintain high expectations that ‘only the best will do’, encouraging young people to engage fully and take responsibility for their own learning.
• There is creative and very effective use of digital technology, which supports young people with a wide range of needs and makes learning accessible to all.
• A commendably wide range of activities is available during and after the school day, helping to build confidence, leadership skills, and support positive destinations.

Areas to improve

• Staff need to plan learning that enables all young people to experience appropriate levels of pace and challenge.
• Staff should maintain their focus on providing young people with opportunities to attain as highly as possible.

Safeguarding

The report does not contain specific narrative commentary on safeguarding arrangements or outcomes.