Armley Grange is a caring school. The school leaders and staff focus on helping pupils to develop trust and positivity about school. They support pupils to share thoughts and feelings constructively and teach them how to communicate with others. This is important, as many pupils join Armley Grange having experienced significant disruption to their education previously. The school is bright and calm. Most pupils are positive about attending the school. Pupils feel safe here. Pupils value the care and respect that leaders and staff show them. At times, some pupils find it difficult to manage their emotions and behaviour. The school knows the pupils well. Staff use clinical assessments effectively to identify the best support they can give to individual pupils. When pupils are dysregulated staff help them to return swiftly to classes or to use the therapeutic spaces in the school to calm down. The therapeutic care pupils receive is supporting pupils to enjoy learning and is a strength of the school. However, some areas of subject-specific knowledge are not mapped out with sufficient clarity or detail. In reading and mathematics, for example, learning opportunities do not match some pupils’ needs. Some subjectspecific expectations are not high enough. Staff do not have sufficient support to plan learning which challenges pupils. The school has yet to fully introduce systems to check that its policies and practices are embedded and consistent.