Wellington School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 11 May 2022

Pupils, including students in the sixth form, are happy and proud of their school. They said that they enjoyed the varied extra-curricular opportunities that leaders provide for them. Pupils receive carefully tailored academic and pastoral support from adults in school. This well-planned guidance helps pupils to meet the high expectations that staff have of their achievement and behaviour. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, achieve well across most subjects. Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and towards each other. Students in the sixth form act as role models for their younger peers. Pupils said that they feel safe at Wellington School. Leaders work effectively with parents and carers, and with the whole-school community, to tackle and prevent bullying. The majority of pupils said that bullying is dealt with effectively. Pupils and students are keen to contribute to the wider school community. Anti-bullying and mental-health ambassadors are proactive and wear their badges with pride. Sixth- form students recently delivered an assembly to raise pupils' awareness of the impact of sexual harassment and the use of derogatory language on one another. Pupils and students told inspectors how much they appreciated leaders' commitment to making everyone feel valued. Pupils spoke passionately about the 'equalities council', the recent evening Eid celebration that was held in school, and the proactive LGBTQ+ club.

What the school should improve

• In one or two curriculum areas, leaders do not check that teachers design activities to deliver new subject knowledge as intended. As a result, a few pupils and students do not achieve all that they could in these subjects. Leaders should ensure that they make checks on how well teachers are implementing the curriculum in these remaining subjects so that pupils and students achieve as highly as they should.

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