The school provides a safe, calm place, where pupils feel they can be themselves. Pupils join the school after having tricky prior experiences in education. Many of them have spent significant time outside of school. Staff form warm and supportive relationships with pupils. They spend time to get to understand pupils, who all have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), individual learning and behaviour needs. This helps them to feel valued. Typically, in school, they behave positively. Staff help pupils to manage their own behaviour increasingly well. The proprietor and school are ambitious for pupils. They want pupils to achieve the most that they can. In many areas of its work, the school is successful. However, other aspects of the school’s ambition for pupils’ achievement are not fully realised. There is more work to do to ensure that pupils achieve greater success across the curriculum. The school offers some pupils a vocational pathway which suits their interests and wishes. This includes horse riding, vehicle mechanics or hair and beauty. This adds value to their educational experiences, helping pupils to think about what they might want to do as a future career.