Cleethorpes Academy

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 28 January 2025

The school has undergone a significant period of change, including in leadership roles. New leaders are making rapid, and necessary, improvements to the school. The impact of these changes is already evident through the school's raised expectations, pupils' improving behaviour and increased staff morale. These are recognised and valued by pupils, their families and staff. Despite this, there remains further work to do to ensure that all pupils receive a consistently high-quality education and achieve well. Pupils are supported and cared for by staff at the school. Changes such as the highly positive start of the day routines are tangible indicators of the improved culture in the school. Pupils and staff greet each other warmly as they enter the school. This is reinforced by tutors who provide effective pastoral support to pupils. Pupils describe the school community as 'inclusive'. As a result, pupils feel safe and are well-prepared for learning. Many pupils enjoy various clubs and activities that the school offers, such as learning British sign language or cooking club. Pupils are consulted on their interests and what clubs they would like. As a result, attendance to such activities is strong.

What the school should improve

• Over time, teaching has not supported pupils to gain a secure knowledge of the curriculum. This makes it difficult for these pupils to access new learning and to connect knowledge to what they have been taught previously. These pupils make less progress through the curriculum than they are able. The school should ensure that teaching supports pupils to remember the most important knowledge consistently.
• The school's reading strategy is early in its implementation. Support for pupils who are in the early stages of learning to read is limited. These pupils struggle to access the school's curriculum fully. The school should develop and embed its curriculum to ensure that all pupils who need additional support to read fluently, receive it.
• The school has implemented several new strategies to improve pupils' education. Some of these are still embedding, and the school is yet to fully evaluate their impact. This limits the ability of the school, and those with responsibility for governance, to make further improvements. The school should ensure that it consistently checks the impact of changes that it makes and uses this information to inform future improvement actions.

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