Kings Ford Academy

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 June 2025

Pupils are happy with recent changes in the school. They recognise that their school is improving. Pupils enjoy opportunities to contribute to making the school better and have ideas about how that can happen. They are keen, active school citizens. Pupils like discussing their learning and the new curriculum. They enjoy reading and know it is important for learning and enjoyment. It helps them to understand different people and places. The school has high expectations of pupils' achievement. However, these expectations are not realised consistently across all curriculum areas. Pupils appreciate the support they receive from staff when they have problems or worries. They trust that staff are there for them and care about them. Pupils feel safe. Pupils understand the school rules and their responsibilities. However, expectations of pupils' behaviour are not consistently high. Some pupils are easily distracted from learning or are disrespectful to others. There are occasions when staff could intervene more quickly and firmly. As a result, some pupils do not behave well and do not have consistently positive attitudes to their learning. Pupils are responsible librarians, school councillors and play leaders. They take pleasure in the friendships they make. They learn that 'trust and reliability' are vital ingredients of positive relationships. Pupils take pride in their roles and responsibilities.

What the school should improve

• The current behaviour policy does not support the school to respond to pupils' inappropriate behaviour consistently. As a result, pupils do not always engage well with learning or behave respectfully in lessons or around school. The school must ensure that its high expectations for behaviour are realised so that pupils develop positive attitudes to learning and behave and learn well.
• In a few subjects, the resources and activities that staff use to teach key knowledge are not effective in supporting pupils to learn the intended curriculum. Pupils do not learn the curriculum consistently well in these subjects. The school must ensure that the activities and resources pupils learn from, including the books that pupils in the early stages of reading practise with, help them to learn the curriculum consistently effectively and achieve well across the full range of subjects taught.

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