Pupils are proud to attend this happy and welcoming school. They enjoy warm and caring relationships with staff and each other. Leaders go out of their way to nurture pupils’ mental health and well-being. Pupils value the support that staff provide. This helps them to feel safe and well looked after. If pupils experience any incidents of bullying or unkind behaviour, leaders act promptly to sort these issues out effectively. Most staff expect pupils to behave well and to follow the school’s CARE (care, achieve, respect, everyone) code. Many pupils try hard to rise to these expectations and behave well. However, some staff do not have high enough expectations of pupils’ conduct. When this happens, some pupils do not behave as well as they should, particularly during lesson times. Pupils value the many extra-curricular opportunities that leaders provide as part of the ‘Hazlehurst offer’. This includes learning to play a brass instrument, enjoying virtual visits to the Houses of Parliament and spending time in the school’s outdoor classroom. Leaders’ ambition for pupils’ academic achievement is too low across the curriculum. Most pupils, with the exception of the oldest pupils, do not achieve well across the curriculum. They are ill-prepared for the next stage of their education.