Tettenhall Wood School

Overview: Tettenhall Wood School is a happy school where pupils of all ages get on well together and behave exceptionally well in and out of lessons. The school is ambitious for pupils to do well and makes sure they are taught the important knowledge that will help them in later life.

Strengths:

• Pupils behave exceptionally well in and out of lessons.
• The school is a happy place where pupils of all ages get on well together.
• The school is ambitious for pupils to do well and makes sure they are taught the important knowledge that will help them in later life.
• The careers programme is a strength of the school.
• The school works with external professionals who are experts in communication, behaviour and trauma, helping pupils develop their ability to communicate with others effectively and build their resilience to change.

Areas to improve:

• The phonics curriculum is not implemented consistently well, stopping some pupils from learning to read fluently quickly enough.
• The school does not always check accurately enough the implementation of the curriculum, meaning that some weaknesses in teaching are not identified and addressed quickly enough.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.