The Flagship School

Overview

The Flagship School is fulfilling the expected standard of education and care, with safeguarding standards met. Leaders have established a clear vision focused on re-engaging pupils, resulting in a calm, purposeful environment where students feel valued and safe.

Strengths

• Pupils make secure academic progress, becoming confident readers and writers while achieving ambitious qualifications, including GCSEs.
• Staff build warm, professional relationships, ensuring pupils trust them and feel their voice matters.
• The curriculum is carefully sequenced and adapted to meet the wide-ranging needs of pupils, effectively closing knowledge gaps.
• Inclusion is strong, with staff using education, health and care plans to remove barriers and enhance achievement for all pupils.
• Pastoral support is high quality, with precise identification of needs and effective interventions to support wellbeing.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure the curriculum is delivered and adapted consistently well so that pupils are equally successful across all subjects.
• Leaders should continue their work to improve overall attendance, particularly for pupils who are persistently or severely absent.
• Leaders should rigorously monitor the impact of identified priorities to ensure consistent improvement across all areas.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an open culture where concerns are actively identified, acted upon, and managed, ensuring pupils are made safer and feel safe.