The school has expanded considerably since the previous inspection. The current headteacher is a long-standing member of staff. She took up the post of headteacher recently and formed a new senior leadership team. Several teachers and teaching assistants are new to the school since the previous inspection. At the time of this inspection, plans were in place to establish a specialist vocational training centre for both key stage 4 and post-16 Reddish Hall pupils and students. Senior leaders and the proprietor aim to ensure that ‘Reddish Hall School enables its pupils to improve their academic performance, develop their social skills and raise their Inspection report: Reddish Hall School, 26–28 March 2019 Page 9 of 12 aspirations… providing a high-quality learning environment and delivering an exciting and innovative curriculum which meets the needs of all pupils.’ Reddish Hall School is a co-educational school catering for pupils aged five to18 with complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviour. All pupils have an EHC plan. At the time of the inspection, two students were over the age of 16. Classes contain between four and eight pupils. There are four classes in the primary phase and five in the secondary phase. A small number of students study animal care at Works 4U College and tourism and leisure at Broadstones School. The school is one of more than 20 schools that are part of the Acorn Care and Education Group, which has headquarters in Bolton. Reddish Hall School is registered for 80 pupils, with the number currently on roll being 66 pupils.