Trinity Academy St. Edwards

Overview

Pupils receive an “exceptional education” at this “highly inclusive” school, where they are welcomed into a “school family.” Leaders demonstrate “unwavering determination” to provide the best education, resulting in pupils who make “rapid progress” and display “model behaviour.”

Strengths

• Pupils develop a strong command of vocabulary, allowing them to “explain complex ideas” and produce “well-constructed” writing.
• Teachers are subject specialists who use techniques like “retrieval tasks” and “live feedback” to ensure pupils learn new knowledge effectively.
• The school provides “exceptional support” for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), including pre-teaching difficult topics.
• Reading is a priority, with “precise support” ensuring that progress made by weak readers is “exceptional.”
• Pupils enjoy “inspirational opportunities” to widen their interests, such as learning British Sign Language and joining the young engineers club.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.