Fields Rise School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 11 June 2024

Pupils enjoy attending Fields Rise Independent School. They believe that it has made a positive impact on their lives. Many pupils joined Fields Rise with negative attitudes towards school. Staff and leaders help to change pupils' feelings towards education and support them to experience success through their time in school. All pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff know the pupils well. They work skilfully to overcome pupils' barriers to learning. The school has high ambitions for what pupils can achieve. The school has identified the most important knowledge that it wants pupils to achieve across a broad range of subjects. Pupils develop the skills and knowledge that they need to study a range of academic and vocational qualifications. Since the school opened, leaders have improved pupils' behaviour. Systems to promote good behaviour have been embedded. They are well understood by staff and pupils. Pupils feel safe and well supported. Pupils are prepared for life in modern Britain. They learn about being tolerant of people from different backgrounds. Promoting pupils' wider development is a sharp focus for the school. Pupils are experiencing a growing range of opportunities, such as plumbing and first-aid workshops, trips to museums and charitable work.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, staff do not have enough knowledge of the school curriculum. Their knowledge impacts on how well they can plan and deliver the curriculum subjects that they teach. The school must ensure that staff receive regular training to further develop their knowledge to plan and deliver effectively the whole curriculum.
• The school's careers programme is new. As such, pupils do not have regular opportunities to engage with the world of work. The school must ensure that its careers programme becomes embedded and pupils have more opportunities for work experience.

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