Staff know the pupils and their families well. Staff successfully build pupils’ selfconfidence and resilience. Most pupils attend every day and behave well. On the occasions when behaviour is not good, staff act quickly to make sure that this does not affect the learning of other pupils. Pupils say that they feel safe in school and staff look after them. When they do have worries, they say that adults listen and help. Pupils say that there is no bullying. They are confident that staff would sort it out if there were any. Parents and carers value many things about this school. They especially appreciate the strong pastoral care for their children. Leaders, teachers and mentors do not have consistently high expectations for pupils’ learning. They have not fully developed the curriculums in some subjects. Sometimes work is not demanding enough. Some pupils do not learn to read as well as they should. Pupils enjoy their time in the woodland next to the school. They like having the school dog, Jasper, around.