The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form

Overview: The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form is a good school with a culture of aspiration, where staff want pupils to achieve well and pupils form strong relationships with staff. Pupils benefit from wider opportunities, develop their talents, and take part in activities including sports, music, and chess clubs.

Strengths:

• There is a culture of aspiration at this school, with staff wanting pupils to achieve well.
• Pupils form strong, trusting relationships with staff who provide them with support when needed.
• The provision for students in the sixth form is exceptional, with students sharing their pride in the sixth-form community and supporting one another in their learning and socially and emotionally.
• Pupils benefit from wider opportunities, developing their talents and taking part in a range of activities including sports, music, and chess clubs.
• Teachers have excellent subject knowledge, using it to provide clear explanations for pupils and model how to complete tasks.

Areas to improve:

• Sometimes, pupils do not receive the guidance or learning opportunities they need to move their learning on, including when attempting to learn the most complex aspects of the school's ambitious curriculum.
• Pupils do not benefit as consistently from opportunities to develop their spiritual understanding.
• A small number of pupils would appreciate further guidance about the world of work.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.