Aim Habonim

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 15 July 2025

Pupils, who all have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are excited to come to school and keen to learn. Staff give them a warm and friendly welcome when they arrive in the morning. The school is a calm and well-ordered environment. Pupils behave well in school, following the rules and routines steadfastly. Staff consistently manage pupils' behaviour effectively. This helps pupils to understand their expectations. Pupils are polite and respectful to each other, staff and visitors. This makes the school a harmonious environment for all. The school has high expectations for pupils' achievement. It has thought carefully about how best to meet pupils' needs and ensure that, as much as possible, they are prepared to live independently in the future. Pupils achieve well from their starting points. Sixth-form students are well prepared to move onto further education, employment or training. Pupils value the broad and varied opportunities for visitors, trips and life skills work. They relish the roles and responsibilities they can take on, such as classroom monitors. In the sixth form, students learn skills such as how to cook a nutritious meal and sell them locally as part of a school enterprise project.

What the school should improve

• The school has not ensured that staff have the necessary expertise and understanding of how to develop pupils' early writing skills or to implement the writing curriculum as effectively as they should. This means that staff do not support pupils effectively to become proficient writers and pupils' achievement is hindered. The school should ensure that it provides staff with the appropriate support and professional development so that they can implement this area of the curriculum more effectively.
• Staff do not consistently make effective checks on pupils' understanding. This means that, at times, staff have not identified if pupils have the required prior knowledge before moving them on to new content. The school should ensure that teachers use assessment strategies more effectively so that they are assured that pupils understand what they have been taught.

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