Westwood High

Overview: Westwood High is a good school where pupils have a thirst for learning and enjoy attending school. They feel safe and happy, and the school has high aspirations for all pupils. Pupils achieve well and develop the resilience and self-belief they need to learn with success.

Strengths:

• Pupils have a thirst for learning and enjoy attending school.
• Pupils feel safe and happy, and the school has high aspirations for all pupils.
• Pupils achieve well and develop the resilience and self-belief they need to learn with success.
• Pupils are kind and considerate, and the school promotes a respectful culture.
• The school prioritises reading and provides staff with training on phonics teaching.

Areas to improve:

• The school has not ensured that staff involved in the teaching of early reading are equipped sufficiently well to deliver the phonics programme with confidence.
• In some subjects, the curriculum is less well developed, making it less clear what pupils need to learn and when.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.