The Wisdom Academy

Overview: The Wisdom Academy has made significant improvements since the previous inspection, with leaders taking purposeful steps to improve key areas of the school's work. The school has redesigned the curriculum, set clearer expectations for teaching, strengthened safeguarding arrangements, and introduced a more rigorous programme for checking the quality of education.

Strengths:

• Leaders have redesigned the curriculum, making it clearly set out and understood by staff.
• Teachers can explain how learning develops over time in each subject.
• The curriculum is now being put into practice much more effectively.
• Teaching is now much more consistent and purposeful, with lessons following clear steps that help pupils understand new ideas securely.
• Assessment is now used much more consistently to support pupils' progress.
• Safeguarding at the school remains effective, with staff knowing how to report concerns and receiving regular training.

Areas to improve:

• Leaders have not ensured that the leadership and management standard in paragraph 34(1) is met, as improvements seen during this visit have not been in place long enough to demonstrate that leaders can sustain them or embed them securely across the whole school.
• Leaders know there is still work to do to ensure all subjects are as strong as the core areas, and they already have plans in place to continue this improvement.

Safeguarding: Safeguarding at the school remains effective, with the school having an up-to-date safeguarding policy and following national guidance.