Royal Greenwich Trust School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 11 October 2022

Pupils at Royal Greenwich Trust School enjoy positive and purposeful working relationships with their teachers and other staff. New behaviour systems are now in place and routines are clear and embedded. Pupils are showing increasing confidence in using these systems. As a result, behaviour is typically good and well managed. This ensures that pupils feel safe and are kept safe. Leaders take incidences of bullying seriously and deal with any issues quickly and effectively. Leaders are ambitious for pupils. They have designed a rich curriculum that prepares pupils well for the next stage of their education, employment or training. Pupils are expected to work hard and focus on their learning. The vast majority do this and produce work of good quality in different subjects. Leaders and staff place a strong focus on technology. This underpins much of the curriculum and forms the basis for some of the subject specialisms offered in the sixth form. Teachers' subject knowledge is a strength and supports pupils' learning well. For example, students in the sixth form enjoy learning how to use computer software from industry to control a laser cutter. They also learn the knowledge needed to build and program a robot.

What the school should improve

• While many teachers check with precision what pupils know and remember, there is not always a consistent approach to this. As a result, pupils, at times, are not sufficiently supported to secure the important knowledge they need to be ready for the more demanding learning that comes next in the curriculum. Leaders should ensure that staff routinely check what pupils have understood before moving forward to new subject content.

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