Harper Green School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 January 2023

Pupils are proud to attend this school. They describe it to inspectors as being a safe and friendly place. Pupils value staff at the school and appreciate how well they know them each individually. Pupils and staff told inspectors that the school's values underpin all aspects of school life. The values to 'take part, work hard and do the right thing' were seen in action during the inspection. Leaders have set out high expectations for both behaviour and learning. Pupils understand what is required from them. Pupils focus well on their work in lessons. They engage with their activities in lessons. Incidents of bullying or discrimination are taken seriously by leaders and sanctioned appropriately. Around the school site, pupils are polite and well mannered. They ensure that they look out for each other and for staff with a caring attitude. Pupils told inspectors that they enjoy a range of opportunities to contribute to their community. They take up chances to widen their skills through new activities that are available to them during and after school.

What the school should improve

• The training that staff have received, to meet the learning needs of some pupils, is not applied equally well across subjects. While pupils achieve well overall, the curriculum does not enable some pupils to develop their subject knowledge to the same depth as other pupils. Leaders should ensure that the training staff have received to meet all pupils' learning needs is consistently applied across the full range of subjects.
• Some aspects of the RSE programme are not addressed as well as they could be. This means that some pupils do not always have as strong an understanding of sexual health and relationships as would be age appropriate. Leaders should ensure that they attend to the elements of learning that are required to provide a coherent learning experience for pupils.

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