Lutterworth College

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 January 2023

This is a school where staff care for the pupils and want the best for them. Pupils are proud of the school and enjoy their lessons in most subjects. Teachers know the pupils well, and so they make sure that the learning is well targeted. The curriculum is well planned. Leaders have identified the important knowledge and skills that pupils need to learn. However, in some subjects, it is not implemented consistently. Pupils behave well in lessons. They get on well together and support each other. They feel safe in school and say that bullying is rare. When they have a problem, they know that there is someone they can go to and they are confident that they will be helped. Leaders provide many opportunities for pupils to benefit from rich experiences that support their learning. Pupils make a positive contribution to the local community. For example, pupils work with people who have been diagnosed with dementia through the school's partnership with an on-site local charity. Other pupils collect food for vulnerable members of the community through the Lutterworth and Villages Foodbank.

What the school should improve

• The curriculum is not implemented as effectively in science as it is in other subjects. Teachers do not check what pupils know carefully enough or make suitable changes to the curriculum based on what pupils can remember. When this happens, pupils become unsettled and disengage. Leaders should ensure that the science curriculum is implemented effectively so that all pupils access a suitable curriculum.
• Leaders have not ensured that the curriculum for all pupils at key stage 4 is academically rigorous. Not enough pupils choose to study a humanities subject or a modern foreign language. Leaders should ensure that pupils are supported to make ambitious choices about the courses they choose to study at key stage 4.

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