New Fosseway School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 January 2023

Pupils are happy at New Fosseway School. One pupil described it as 'my second home'. Staff know pupils well. Relationships are strong. Staff help pupils to express their emotions and, as a result, pupils feel safe and behave well. Pupils help each other, and they say that bullying does not happen. They feel that staff would resolve it quickly if it did occur. Staff are ambitious for pupils. They want them to become independent adults, who are active citizens. Leaders provide many experiences for pupils to engage with the local community and develop social skills. For example, in the sixth form, students value opportunities to work in the school's community café. Leaders have given much thought to the structure of the curriculum. Staff use this to plan pupils' learning with care. They use pupils' education, health and care (EHC) plans to set individual targets. Pupils have a wide range of learning needs. Staff skilfully adapt the curriculum to meet pupils' needs. Pupils make progress and can talk about what they have learned and how their teachers help them to learn.

What the school should improve

• In some subjects, the curriculum is not well matched to meet the learning needs of all pupils. As a result, some pupils do not make the progress of which they are capable. Leaders should continue to develop the curriculum in all subjects, so that it is consistently well sequenced and implemented.

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