Crookhorn College

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 19 November 2024

This is a welcoming and inclusive school. Staff are wholeheartedly focused on supporting all pupils to succeed, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). As a result, pupils go on to do well in the subjects that they study and appreciate the help that they get to achieve. Pupils behave well. The school sets high expectations which are driven by its 'cornerstones' of 'respect, commitment, achievement and responsibility'. Pupils embrace these. They are polite and respectful to each other and staff. Pupils feel safe, are happy and enjoy coming to school. They understand that staff care for them and know that they have support around them when they need it. Strong and effective pastoral care is available for those who need it. This helps pupils to engage positively with the life of the school. The school places an exceptionally strong emphasis on pupils' wider development. Pupils appreciate the wide range of leadership roles they have. The school offers a range of enrichment opportunities. Pupils take advantage of these and talk about how much they value them. Pupils also appreciate how their high-quality lessons in personal, social, health and economic education and frequent opportunities to debate social issues helps to create a tolerant and respectful school community.

What the school should improve

• The school's curriculum is not securely and consistently embedded across all subjects. In some subjects, lessons do not build pupils' knowledge and skills successfully. The school should ensure that it keeps a careful oversight of how well the curriculum is being implemented and provide support so that it is of a consistently high standard in all subjects, enabling all groups of pupils to achieve well.

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