Most pupils are happy to be part of this very welcoming school community. Pupils from different backgrounds mix well with each other. Staff care for pupils’ well-being and safety. Pupils know who to speak to if they are worried or upset. The school is ambitious for all pupils to succeed, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and those who are disadvantaged. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, benefit from the recent improvements that the school has made to the quality of education that it provides. However, pupils learn better in some lessons than in others. This is because the curriculum is not delivered consistently well. As a result, pupils do not achieve as well as they should. The school has raised its expectations of how pupils should behave in school. Pupils behave well in lessons and as they move around the school during breaks and lunchtimes. Pupils appreciate how behaviour incidents are dealt with consistently and fairly by staff. However, some pupils do not attend school regularly enough. These pupils do not benefit from the school’s raised expectations. An increasing number of pupils benefit from extra-curricular activities. The school asked pupils for suggestions about the sort of clubs they might wish to join. As a result, there are now more opportunities than before for pupils to participate in a wide variety of sports, musical and cultural activities.