'Positively transformed their lives': Cambian Hartlepool School ‘delighted’ with latest Ofsted report
A Hartlepool school has received a glowing report from education inspectors following their recent visit.
Cambian Hartlepool School, in Sovereign Park, received a “good” Ofsted rating following its most recent inspection.
This Hartlepool school is an independent co-educational day school providing specialist education for up to 18 students aged ten to 18.
The report states: “This is a calm, orderly school, where pupils feel happy and cared for.
"Pupils trust the adults around them. Staff listen and support pupils to make the right choices.
"Some pupils and their parents and carers told inspectors that the school has positively transformed their lives.”
According to the report, pupils also “appreciate having small class sizes” which “enables them to be effective learners”.
The report continues: “The school has high expectations about how pupils should behave. Pupils have personalised passports that outline how adults can best support their behaviour.
"Staff support pupils to regulate their behaviour successfully. As a result, pupils are keen to demonstrate positive learning behaviours.”
There are a couple of areas that the school has been told it can improve in, however, including its curriculum.
The report states: “In a small number of subjects, some improvements to curriculums, including early reading, are more recent. Some pupils’ knowledge and skills are not as secure as they could be in these subjects.
"This is because pupils have had less opportunity to secure some important aspects of their learning.”
The report also commented on the school’s attendance strategy and how it is “at an early stage of implementation” and “not reaching some pupils as well as others”.
A spokesperson for Cambian Hartlepool School said: “The whole school community and team at Cambian and Hartlepool School are delighted with the outcomes of their recent Ofsted inspection.
"We are pleased to maintain our good Ofsted rating, reflecting the commitment of a dedicated staff team and the good quality education offer the children receive both academically and for their individual personal development and wellbeing.
“This comment from the inspectors reflects all we aim to achieve: ‘Pupils and their parents and carers told inspectors that the school has positively transformed their lives’.”