Trevelyan Middle School

Overview

Trevelyan Middle School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection. The school fosters a positive and caring ethos, with warm relationships between staff and pupils and a strong focus on personal development alongside academic achievement.

Strengths

• The school manages pupil transitions well, ensuring students feel welcome and have trusted adults to talk to.
• A broad and balanced curriculum is clearly sequenced, with staff effectively supporting pupils to recall prior learning and address misconceptions.
• The ‘TMS Baccalaureate’ programme successfully weaves character-building opportunities, such as innovation and social responsibility, into academic studies.
• Pupils are attentive and well behaved in lessons, with high attendance rates and positive attitudes towards learning.
• Staff are well supported in managing their workload and benefit from extensive professional development and collaboration within the trust.

Areas to improve

• The school should embed its early reading programme and ensure weaker readers receive tailored support to read fluently and with confidence.
• The school should ensure high standards of behaviour in all areas, addressing concerns about occasional boisterous and unkind behaviour in corridors and the playground.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.