The Redway School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 20 June 2023

Pupils enjoy attending this happy and caring school. They feel safe and secure. This is because pupils form warm and trusting relationships with staff. The day gets off to a cheerful start with a fun session where pupils greet their friends in class. Well-established daily routines create a safe and predictable environment for pupils. This helps them to engage well with their learning in class. Everyone in school shares the same high expectations of pupils' behaviour. Staff know how to give just the right level of support to enable pupils to make the right choices for themselves. Teaching staff work collaboratively with therapists. Therapy programmes are threaded through pupils' timetables and are integral to their success. Staff seamlessly incorporate this provision into learning activities. If complex health needs mean that pupils are unable to attend school for long periods, they receive personalised support from skilled staff. This helps pupils to continue with their education and retain a strong sense of belonging to the school community. Leaders are ambitious and determined to ensure every pupil should benefit from a rich, broad learning experience. Their focused actions are evident in the significant work that has taken place to revise the curriculum.

What the school should improve

• Leaders have not yet fully embedded the newly devised system to identify the small steps of progress that pupils should make across the newly designed curriculum. This means that leaders and teachers do not yet have all of the information they need to decide the most important next steps for pupils. Leaders need to ensure that the new processes are securely embedded so that they can monitor the impact of the curriculum.
• Leaders have devised a programme to teach the foundational skills required for those at the earliest stages of learning to read. This programme is not yet implemented across the whole school. This means that not all pupils are learning important early reading skills. Leaders need to continue this work to establish this approach across all phases of the school, including the older pupils.

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