Warren School

Overview

Warren School is described as a “happy place to learn” where “friendship and kindness are important.” Following a previous inadequate rating, new leadership has driven “significant improvements in the quality of education,” resulting in good judgements across all key areas. The school fosters strong, nurturing relationships and provides a calm environment for pupils with complex needs.

Strengths

• Staff demonstrate patience and expertise in supporting pupils who “become dysregulated,” helping them “manage their own emotions” over time.
• The curriculum offers precise pathways with “smaller steps” to build knowledge, incorporating targets from pupils’ education, health and care plans.
• Communication is prioritised through strategies like signing and objects of reference, allowing non-verbal pupils to access tasks “seamlessly.”
• Personal development is woven through the curriculum, preparing pupils for adulthood via “real life” contexts such as shopping and cooking.
• Leadership is stable and effective, with staff workload and welfare “well managed” and high-quality training provided.

Areas to improve

• Ensure all teachers have the expertise to teach subjects confidently, as “occasional inaccuracies in what pupils are taught” lead to misconceptions.
• Check that recent curriculum changes are having their intended impact, as leaders currently do not know “how well pupils are remembering key knowledge” in some subjects.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”