Attending Mountfield Heath School is a life-changing experience for its pupils. This remarkable place provides an inspirational, safe and nurturing environment in which pupils thrive. This is heartening, because many of them have struggled in their previous school settings. Staff strive relentlessly to enrich pupils’ lives, including through the delivery of the highly aspirational curriculum. They have a clear ambition and determination that every pupil will benefit from a rich, broad learning experience – and they do. Expert staff know pupils remarkably well. Each individual pupil’s special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well understood. Expectations are extremely high. Pupils are helped and supported to manage and regulate their behaviour exceptionally well. As a result, learning is uninterrupted in lessons and pupils treat each other with respect and kindness. Pupils’ personal development is woven into every aspect of school life. They develop independence and important life skills so that they are extremely well prepared for all that the future brings. Pupils feel a strong sense of belonging here. When they first join the school, pupils and their families become part of the ‘Mountfield Heath family’. As one parent said, ‘For the first time, my child has a sense of achievement and self-worth.’