Music Stuff

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 11 March 2025

Pupils enjoy being part of this caring and nurturing school. Staff go to great lengths to ensure that they get to know each pupil as an individual. This helps pupils to build up trusting relationships that make them feel safe and happy in school. Pupils have a chance to make a fresh start at this school. They succeed in education where they have struggled previously in other settings. Pupils settle quickly into the routines of school life when they join Music Stuff. They begin to learn successful techniques for managing their emotions. This helps the school to provide a calm learning environment. The school has high expectations of pupils' academic learning. This helps pupils, all of who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to achieve well. Many have found learning difficult in the past. When they join this school, they develop the confidence that they need to re-engage with their education. The school's positive work to prioritise social and emotional development helps pupils to be ready for adulthood. Pupils build important skills, such as resilience, independence and forming relationships, extremely well over time.

What the school should improve

• Teacher's checks on pupils' understanding are not applied consistently. This means that, at times, pupils develop misconceptions that are not identified or corrected. As a result, sometimes pupils' learning is insecure. The school should ensure that staff check pupils' learning carefully and adapt learning activities accordingly.
• The number of pupils who are persistently absent remains high. This means that some pupils do not benefit as often as they should from the good quality of education that the school provides. The school should ensure that its strategies to improve pupils' attendance have a sustained and secure impact.

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