Tor View School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 27 February 2024

Pupils shine at this happy and effective school. They feel valued and safe because staff understand their needs and how to meet them. Staff promote positive relationships very effectively. They secure a holistic view of pupils' needs and challenges. This helps ensure that pupils benefit from tailored, personalised programmes of study. However, occasionally, the curriculum doesn't help pupils to learn enough about the world around them. Nevertheless, pupils make rapid and extensive gains in their personal development and behaviour. Pupils' behaviour is transformed at the school. Staff are highly skilled and know how to support pupils with their needs. They follow the school's approach to promoting positive, appropriate behaviour diligently. As a result, pupils learn to value their place in their school and wider community. Lessons are calm and purposeful. Pupils take pride in their work and attend regularly. They try hard in lessons because they are keen to please staff, who care about them. Everyone gets on very well together. Leaders ensure that the whole community have high expectations of pupils. Parents and carers praise the school. Some say it has transformed their children's lives.

What the school should improve

• Although the curriculum is well designed and effective in many areas, sometimes a lack of focus on key knowledge limits pupils' understanding of the world around them. The school should develop the curriculum design further so that sequences of learning better enable pupils to know and remember the essential knowledge they need.

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