Daventry Hill School provides education for pupils with cognition and learning needs, profound and multiple learning needs, severe learning needs and for pupils with autism spectrum disorders. The school became part of the Creating Tomorrow Multi Academy Trust in October 2018. The trust board has legal responsibility for the school. However, they delegate strategic decisions for the school’s management to the local governing body. The trust has deployed an interim school improvement adviser to work at the school for two days a week. In addition, the key stage 4 leader is on secondment from another school in the trust. The school does not use alternative provision. The school does not currently have any pupils in its sixth form. Inspection report: Daventry Hill School, 6–7 June 2019 Page 9 of 11 Information about this inspection Inspectors observed lessons with senior school leaders and reviewed pupils’ work. Inspectors held discussions with the chief executive officer, the head of school, the school’s interim improvement adviser, the chairs of the trust board and of the local governing body respectively, senior leaders for primary and secondary provision, the family welfare manager, the careers curriculum leader, the early years leader, an occupational therapist, two groups of teachers and a group of teaching assistants. Inspectors spoke on the telephone with a local authority school improvement adviser and with an external consultant. Inspectors spoke with parents at the start of the school day and by telephone. They reviewed the 33 responses to the Ofsted free-text service for parents and the 34 responses to Parent View, Ofsted’s online questionnaire. Inspectors reviewed the 35 responses to Ofsted’s staff survey. There were no responses to Ofsted’s pupil survey. Inspectors reviewed the school improvement plan, leaders’ self-evaluation, minutes of governing body meetings, information related to performance management and to pupils’ outcomes. Inspectors also reviewed information related to behaviour, exclusions, attendance and safeguarding. Inspection team Martin Finch, lead inspector Her Majesty’s Inspector Jo Ward Ofsted Inspector Inspection report: Daventry Hill School, 6–7 June 2019 Page 10 of 11 Any complaints about the inspection or the report should be made following the procedures set out in the guidance ‘Raising concerns and making a complaint about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/complaints-about-ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email en[email protected]