Royal School Manchester is an exciting and inspiring place to learn. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, flourish. Each day, they are greeted with a warm smile and a friendly face. Pupils benefit from strong, caring relationships with staff who know them extremely well. Leaders have the highest expectations of what pupils and students can achieve in their learning and behaviour. Leaders’ unrelenting ambition for pupils starts from the moment they join the school. The school’s curriculum places no ceiling on pupils’ success. It prepares pupils and students, all of whom have complex special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), exceptionally well for their next steps in education and adult life. All pupils behave exceptionally well. This is because staff are highly attuned to the feelings and anxieties of pupils and are successful at minimising them. Staff skilfully help pupils learn to regulate their behaviour and manage their emotions. Bullying is extremely rare. If it should happen, pupils know that adults will deal with any issues immediately and sensitively. Pupils benefit from an impressive range of activities to promote their wider personal development. Pupils have an extremely smooth transition through the school and into adulthood.