Sir Roger Manwood's School

Overview

Pupils at Sir Roger Manwood’s School “enjoy their learning” and demonstrate high attendance, driven by a culture where they are expected to “engage, explore, and excel.” The report describes an “ambitious and varied” curriculum where teachers use specialist knowledge to help pupils master key concepts, resulting in students who take pride in their work and show enthusiasm during discussions.

Strengths

• Pupils are “positive role models” who are respectful, pick up litter without prompting, and value the support staff provide.
• The curriculum is “well ordered” in most subjects, with subject leaders identifying “key component knowledge” that pupils learn and assess consistently.
• Teachers effectively explain new information and use questioning to explore understanding, helping pupils “recall past knowledge and make links to new learning.”
• Sixth-form students benefit from “high quality and independent careers advice,” feeling well prepared for their next steps.
• Leaders have implemented a “clear strategy to support pupils who are less secure in their reading,” with a well-stocked library encouraging reading for pleasure.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must “streamline systems for recording safeguarding concerns” to ensure records are centralised and efficient.
• Leaders need to ensure the newly implemented PSHE programme in the sixth form has “sufficient and immediate impact,” particularly regarding education on harmful sexual behaviours.
• Senior leaders must increase oversight of subject leadership to ensure “consistent approach to curriculum design” in foundation subjects where sequencing is not yet well considered.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are “effective,” with an “embedded culture” where staff are trained to identify risks and make timely referrals, though record-keeping organisation requires improvement.