Campion School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 12 July 2023

Pupils enjoy going to school at Campion. They enjoy spending time with each other. They enjoy learning. The school community is respectful and welcoming to all. Pupils make the most of their lessons and take pride in the work they produce. They want to achieve good outcomes - and they do. Students choose to stay on in the sixth form because they trust the quality of learning they have already experienced. High expectations of behaviour are clear to all. Most pupils meet these expectations because they value the calm but sociable atmosphere at breaktimes. Lessons are rarely disrupted by poor behaviour. When pupils do not make the right choice, they know staff will respond in a consistent way and that consequences are used fairly. Pupils appreciate the different ways in which they can contribute to the school community. Many are proud to be student ambassadors, welcoming visitors and helping at events like parents' evenings. The school council meets regularly with leaders to discuss things that could be improved. Pupils are listened to, and leaders have acted on things such as installing more water coolers in response. Sixth formers value the way their input has shaped the enrichment programme on offer to them.

What the school should improve

• Leaders are not precise enough in their identification of the needs of the weakest readers. This means that interventions are not always matched to the specific gaps in reading skills that these pupils have. As a result, some pupils do not make rapid enough gains in reading skills and also miss important learning in other curriculum areas. Leaders should ensure that work to support pupils who are not yet secure readers enables them to make rapid progress with minimal disruption to their wider learning.
• At times, teachers do not adapt the way that they deliver learning to meet the individual needs of pupils with SEND as well as they could. This means that some of these pupils do not have a consistent learning experience to enable them to be as successful as they could be. Leaders should ensure that the needs of pupils with SEND are consistently met so that they achieve well.
• As pupils get older, they have less curriculum time dedicated to health and relationships education. This means they do not always have as much time as they would like for age-specific opportunities to revisit and discuss their learning about key topics. Leaders should ensure that pupils in all year groups have sufficient time to develop a strong understanding of these areas.

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