Stanborough School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 18 January 2023

Pupils achieve well at Stanborough. Leaders have created a culture where the school's value of 'success for all' is what pupils experience in most subjects. Pupils, including those with special educational needs/and or disabilities (SEND), are prepared well for their next steps. This is because pupils meet the high ambitions expected of them to achieve well. Pupils behave well. They know and understand what leaders expect of them. On occasions, a small number take the opportunity to behave less well when staff are not around. Pupils know staff will help if they have a worry or issue. They benefit from a range of effective support services, such as counselling and well-being support. Pupils receive help to resolve any issues of bullying when they do rarely occur. This helps pupils to feel happy and safe. Difference is celebrated. Pupils recently participated in a cultural celebration day where they were able to celebrate their own cultural heritage. Pupils talk with pride about the role of both the ethnic minority and LGBT+ groups and the range of pupil leadership opportunities offered. Most pupils feel they have a voice through groups such as this. Groups that leaders listen to.

What the school should improve

• Leaders have redeveloped the curriculum, to ensure that a series of lessons contribute well to delivering the planned curriculum intent. However, this is not fully consistent across all subjects. As a result, in a small number of subject areas, pupils do not secure key knowledge well enough or achieve as well as they might. Leaders need to ensure that across all subjects, the series of lessons contribute effectively to the delivery of the planned curriculum so that pupils retain important knowledge and achieve consistently well.
• Most pupils behave well and want to engage with learning. However, a small number of pupils do not manage their own behaviour well enough. This leads to some instances where pupils' behaviour falls below leaders' expectations, particularly where pupils are unsupervised. Leaders need to ensure that they continue to develop pupils' ability to manage their own behaviour so that they behave consistently well at all times.

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