Upton Hall School FCJ

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 28 June 2022

Upton Hall School FCJ is a school where pupils are inspired to succeed in all that they do. Leaders and staff have created an environment where pupils and students thrive. Leaders have the highest expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils, and students in the sixth form, benefit from a broad, rich and ambitious curriculum that prepares them exceptionally well for the next stage of their education. Pupils and students feel safe and happy at school because staff nurture their aspirations and self-belief. Leaders have taken care to prioritise pupils' wider development alongside support for them to achieve academic excellence. Pupils behave in an exemplary manner. They live up to leaders' high expectations of how to conduct themselves and try their best. They show a kindness and gentleness, embodied by the school's values, to their peers and their teachers. Pupils and students are confident that, if bullying does happen, staff are swift to act, dealing with these incidents effectively. Pupils take part in many extra-curricular and enrichment activities. Many of these opportunities are carefully linked to the curriculum. This complements pupils' and students' learning of the subjects that they study. For example, when Year 12 students learn about production processes in business studies, they make and market their own apple juice using apples from the school orchard.

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