Wheelers Lane Technology College

Overview: Wheelers Lane Technology College is an outstanding school that provides a supportive and inclusive environment for its students. The school has a strong sense of community, with pupils and staff sharing respectful relationships. The school's curriculum is highly ambitious and rigorous, and pupils achieve exceptionally well.

Strengths:

• Exceptional leadership that has designed a highly ambitious and rigorous curriculum for all pupils.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils help pupils to learn the most important skills and knowledge across the curriculum with great success.
• Pupils demonstrate significant achievement in their learning.
• The school quickly identifies the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and provides effective support.
• Pupils value reading and the school encourages pupils effectively to widen their reading through form time, inter-house competitions and author visits.
• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary, with excellent self-control and highly positive attitudes to learning.

Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.