Pupils join Spring Hill High school with limited experience of success in education. Staff help pupils to successfully re-engage in education. Pupils benefit from an education that enables them to achieve meaningful qualifications. They are taught well and are supported by staff who know and understand their needs. Staff have high expectations for all pupils. This is reflected throughout the whole school community. Basic skills in English, mathematics and reading are taught well. Teachers carefully consider what to teach and when to teach it so that pupils’ knowledge builds successfully over time. Teachers make sure that pupils have opportunities to practise reading and writing regularly. This prepares pupils well for their future steps. Teachers identify the knowledge that pupils need to remember in most subjects. They make sure this content is revisited often. However, in some subjects the curriculum is less well-developed, so pupils do not achieve as well as they could. Pupils generally behave well. Relationships with staff and their peers are positive. If things do go wrong, familiar adults support pupils to help them put things right. Pupils feel safe and well looked after. Leaders and staff say that bullying is rare and make sure that it is dealt with if it happens.