Pupils find sanctuary, safety and success at North Star 82°. Typically, pupils join following long periods of instability in their education. However, pupils benefit from skilled staff, who build strong, trusting relationships. Staff work hard to promote a sense of belonging. This helps engender a safe, and often calm, atmosphere. Learning is carefully planned to capture pupils’ interest and help them to catch up. Consequently, pupils’ experience of learning improves, and they quickly experience success. Staff are well trained to manage sometimes complex behaviour and attitudes. All pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff follow established policies diligently. They secure positive relationships effectively. Discriminatory or unkind behaviour is not tolerated. Collectively, this helps to ensure that pupils’ behaviour improves significantly and they develop more positive attitudes to learning and school. Everyone agrees the school is a good place to be. Parents and carers are very positive about the difference the school makes for their children. However, despite relationships with parents being positive, more could be done to harness and involve them in their children’s learning. This is reflected in pupils’ individual plans, which are often too generalised.