OFSTED report
His Majesty’s Inspectorate, OFSTED visited the school on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd January 2025 in order to undertake an inspection of Academy@Worden.
During the two day inspection, Neil Johnson and his team of inspectors saw how our pupils live and breathe the school values in all that they do.
Here are some of the highlights:
Aspiration
‘The school has designed a broad and ambitious curriculum. It has thought carefully about the knowledge that pupils should learn. The curriculum is ordered sensibly to ensure that pupils have the prior knowledge to learn successfully. Teachers deliver the curriculum clearly using their secure subject knowledge. Typically, teachers use activities that ensure pupils know and remember more. Teachers check what pupils have learned effectively through a range of strategies. Consequently, they have an accurate view of what pupils know and can do before moving on to new learning.’
‘Pupils understand the school’s high expectations of their learning. They work hard to meet them.'
'The published outcomes for 2024 show an improvement in pupils’ achievement by the end of Year 11. The school has continued to make positive changes to the curriculum. One of these changes is the priority it has given to reading. The school has developed comprehensive support for pupils at all stages of reading, including those pupils at the earliest stages of learning to read. The library is at the centre of the school and is encouraging pupils to develop a love of reading. Pupils read well because of these changes.'
'The school supports pupils with SEND effectively through a range of strategies inside and outside of the classroom.'
‘Trustees share the school’s ambitious vision for its pupils. They offer support and challenge to the school to achieve its development aims. Staff appreciate the range of professional development opportunities that the school offers. Staff value the school’s consideration of their workload and well-being. They are immensely proud to work at the school’.
Integrity
‘Pupils respond well to the high expectations that the school has for their behaviour. This means that learning is uninterrupted’.
'The school acknowledges pupils’ efforts with a range of rewards. This supports them to behave and achieve well’.
'Pupils are polite and respectful. They make visitors to their school feel welcome. In lessons and during social times, there is a calm and orderly atmosphere’.
'The school has created highly effective systems to ensure that pupils’ attendance is consistently high.'
Commitment
‘Pupils are encouraged to participate in a range of experiences outside of the classroom. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are fully included in the life of the school. During the inspection, inspectors saw the commitment that pupils had in preparing to showcase their talents in the school show, ‘Shrek’. Pupils regularly contribute to the school community, for example, as volunteer peer readers and through the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. This enriches their learning’.
Respect
‘Pupils are proud to attend Academy@Worden. They appreciate the range of wider, cultural opportunities that are on offer to them. Pupils treat each other with kindness. They show respect for diversity. Pupils told inspectors that the school will listen to their concerns. This helps to ensure that pupils feel safe and happy in school. Pupils are polite and respectful. They make visitors to their school feel welcome. In lessons and during social times, there is a calm and orderly atmosphere’.
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