Compass Community School Hereford

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 25 June 2024

This school gets pupils back on track. It gives them self-belief and supports them to make constructive plans for their futures. After the traumas pupils have suffered in earlier life, this school is a safe haven. Here, adults listen to them and care for them. An organised curriculum and specialist therapy, help pupils to re-engage in education and achieve well. The school has high expectations. These are realised in supportive ways that take account of pupils' needs. Pupils benefit from the school's firm but kind routines. These provide structure and enable learning and school life to proceed calmly and safely. Pupils enjoy their lessons and form healthy relationships with each other and adults. Their attendance is high. Current pupils hardly ever miss a day at school. Close supervision by adults means that bullying is not a problem. Rewards for kind actions, good work and effort serve to reinforce positive behaviour. Indeed, a consistent approach and excellent communication across the school community have resulted in exceptional improvements in pupils' behaviour. Adults treat pupils fairly. They are patient with them but still make sure they attend to their schoolwork so that they learn, achieve and experience success.

What the school should improve

• Assessment in some areas of the curriculum is still being developed. The curriculum identifies what pupils need to know. However, the school's checks on what pupils remember and can do are not as focused as they could be. The school should continue to sharpen assessment so that it is manageable and efficient and informs the next steps in learning.
• The school's programme of enrichment activities is not as effective as it could be in strengthening pupils' wider development. Currently, worthy things happen but not in a carefully thought-out way. This limits some of the choices and activities available to pupils. The school should press on with its plans for a more coherent approach to planning enrichment activities.

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