The school caters for pupils with a wide range of special educational needs that include severe and profound learning difficulties and those with a diagnosis of autism. All the pupils have a statement of special educational needs. Almost all the pupils are of White British heritage. There are very few pupils from minority ethnic groups and very few pupils speak English as an additional language. About two thirds of pupils are boys. The proportion of pupils eligible for additional government funding, known as the pupil premium is above average. This is funding intended to support eligible pupils who are entitled to free school meals or are who looked after by the local authority. All Year 7 pupils are eligible for additional government ‘Catch-up’ funding to improve their literacy and numeracy. The school does not enter pupils early for public examinations. The school is on three sites. The main school provides for pupils aged 5−16. There is a separate nursery, where pupils attend part time and students in the sixth form are taught in specialist facilities at Newbury College What does the school need to do to improve further? Ensure that teachers and other staff record the small steps in progress made by pupils during lessons, in a consistent format so that: records can be more effectively shared with other teachers as pupils move through the school senior leaders can access and make use of information on the pupils’ progress, more easily.