Pupils start to attend this school in Year 10 and leave at the end of Year 11. A significant number of pupils join part-way through the two years. Teachers and staff get to know most pupils individually in this short time. Many pupils have experienced difficulties at their previous schools. Leaders give pupils the care and support they require. This helps pupils to return to full-time education more successfully than in the past. Pupils enjoy coming to this school. Leaders and teachers work hard to prepare pupils for their next stages in education or employment. Pupils enjoy learning and achieve well in vocational qualifications. This is not the case in all areas of the curriculum. Pupils said that they feel safe at this school, and many said that they can learn in most lessons. However, pupils also said that other pupils disrupt learning in some lessons, which means they do not learn as well. Some teachers do not have high enough expectations of how pupils should behave. Pupils say that bullying is rare and that teachers deal with it when it happens.