IncludEd Learning

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 December 2024

IncludEd Learning school has been expertly set up to support pupils to reintegrate back into education. All pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff guide pupils well to make positive changes to their lives. Pupils appreciate the patience and care with which staff support them. Most pupils are calm and positive about coming to school. Most pupils are supported well to manage their emotions and behaviour. Well- embedded routines help pupils to improve their behaviour choices. Consequently, pupils increasingly engage with their learning. In the main, the school maintains high expectations of pupils' achievement. Staff ensure that pupils receive a broad curriculum that meets their interests and needs. Most pupils achieve well from their starting points. Pupils benefit from a wide range of enrichment activities. For instance, pupils take part in cookery classes, photography projects and gardening in the local park. Such opportunities, build pupils' interest in learning and develops their social skills. Additionally, the school promotes pupils' wider development through play, art and speech therapy. This helps pupils to build their resilience and enhance their communication skills.

What the school should improve

• Sometimes, learning activities do not effectively support pupils to secure the important subject content that they are taught. This means that some pupils do not build on their knowledge as securely as they could. The school should ensure that staff have the knowledge and expertise to select learning activities that help pupils to know and remember more.
• The school does not keep a sufficient oversight of how well pupils who struggle to read are being supported. This means that gaps in some pupils' reading knowledge are not addressed as well as they should be. The school should monitor the impact of its support for these pupils to ensure that the work has the intended impact.
• A small number of pupils continue to miss school frequently. These pupils miss essential learning, which impacts on their education and wider development. The school should further develop its work to remove any barriers to regular attendance so that these pupils benefit from the education and experiences that it offers.
• The careers programme is in the early stages of being improved to cater for pupils who remain in the school beyond Year 10. As a result, some pupils are not as prepared as they could be for their next stage in education, employment and/or training. The school should ensure that pupils across the school are guided and receive the experiences that they need to better prepare themselves for adulthood.

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