Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 23 April 2024

Everyone is welcome at Welsh House Farm school. There is a real sense of community. Relationships between school, the pupils and their parents are highly positive. The school ensures that all pupils receive a high level of pastoral support so they can feel safe and happy in school. This helps them to settle quickly, regardless of when they join the school. Pupils behave well at all points of the day. They know the three key rules very well and love to chant them to show how well they know them. Pupils look out for each other on the playground so nobody feels lonely by being a friend to pupils who sit on the 'buddy stop'. Staff are kind and caring. Pupils know there is always an adult to help them in variety of ways. Pupils replicate this example in how they treat each other. The school has high ambitions for all pupils. This includes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). This ambition is realised effectively for many pupils, who are supported to achieve as well as they can.

What the school should improve

• Some activities pupils complete do not support them well enough in securing important learning. This limits their ability to have a deep understanding of key aspects in some curriculum areas. The school should ensure that the work teachers give to pupils is precisely meeting their needs and enables them to build on their learning.
• The school does not analyse the information they collect about behaviour incidents to identify any trends in pupils' behaviour. Consequently, they are unable to identify if additional support and actions they put in place leads to improved behaviour for some pupils. Leaders should use information about behaviour Resources Base, 23 and 24 April 2024 3 incidents to better detect any patterns or trends and understand if their actions and policies are having the intended impact.

Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)