The Streetly Academy

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 18 October 2022

Pupils enjoy coming to The Streetly Academy. Staff support and encourage pupils' well-being and mental health very well. Pupils and staff have good working relationships. This helps pupils to have positive attitudes to their learning. They work hard and want to do well. Classrooms and social areas are calm. Pupils feel safe in school and bullying is rare. Staff deal effectively with any bullying that does happen. Leaders have developed a curriculum that enables pupils to achieve very well. Pupils study a broad range of subjects. Year 9 pupils have the opportunity to develop and extend their knowledge in subjects such as design technology, music and art. Pupils welcome this because it helps to prepare them for their GCSE courses later. Students in the sixth form achieve exceptionally well. Leaders place a strong emphasis on supporting pupils' personal development. As part of the 'life curriculum', pupils' health and well-being are supported by the 'Streetly mile'. Pupils value this activity as it allows them to reflect on their feelings. Pupils participate in a wide range of extra-curricular sports, performance and community opportunities, including supporting a local food bank.

What the school should improve

• In a few subjects, teachers do not always use assessments effectively to check what pupils know and can remember. Therefore, some pupils have gaps in their learning and do not always have a secure understanding of what they have learned. Leaders should ensure that all teachers regularly check what pupils have learned so that any gaps in learning are identified and addressed.
• In key stages 3 and 4, some teachers do not take every opportunity to ask questions that promote appropriate discussions between pupils. This means that some learning does not allow pupils to gain a deeper understanding of the subject. Leaders should ensure that, across the school, different approaches to learning, such as questioning to promote discussion, give pupils the opportunities to develop a greater depth of knowledge.
• Leaders have not yet developed strategies to promote pupils' wider love of reading. Opportunities to read across the curriculum are not embedded. This means that not all pupils actively engage in reading. Leaders should ensure pupils have a range of opportunities to read widely and more often.

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