Hatch End High School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 28 February 2024

The school's core values of cooperation, ambition, respect and empathy underpin all aspects of school life. The school strives to provide the same high-quality education to all pupils. Leaders work to overcome any challenges that pupils face. For example, the 'Dream Forward' programme to raise aspirations for pupils. The school makes sure all pupils feel included in school. For instance, pupils in the additionally resourced provision learn alongside their peers successfully. Pupils with special educational needs and or disabilities (SEND) have a very well-planned personal development programme including outings in the local area. Leaders have implemented new policies and routines to manage pupils' behaviour successfully. Staff have both appreciated and made a valuable contribution to these positive developments. As a result, pupils' behaviour has improved over time. Pupils socialise well together at breaktimes and lunchtimes. Any extreme behaviour is rare and dealt with very well by the school. Pupils are taught how to keep themselves safe. Staff encourage pupils to respect people from other backgrounds and to treat everyone equally.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, pupils' understanding is not systematically checked. This limits pupils' grasp of key concepts or ideas and their readiness for new subject content. The school should ensure that checks of pupils' learning in all subjects identify and address any misunderstandings in pupils' knowledge and understanding securely.
• On occasions, expectations of pupils' work, including for disadvantaged pupils, is not consistently high. This means that there are sometimes gaps in pupils' learning which are not addressed effectively. Leaders should ensure that expectations of pupils' work are consistently high, particularly for disadvantaged pupils.

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