“Staff and students are highly committed, behaviour is good, and progress by students of all abilities is strengthening perceptibly”

“The sixth form is good”

“Leadership and management are good”

“Teaching and the curriculum promote students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development well, both in and out of the classroom”

“The increasing proportion of good or better teaching, students’ strengthening motivation and rising attainment, and the success with which the curriculum meets diverse needs indicate that capacity for further improvement is strong”

“Parents and carers responding to the questionnaire consider their children to be well taught and feel they are helped to support their children’s learning. Their view that teaching has strengths is supported by inspection evidence”

“The Year 7 REAL programme reinforces and develops students’ literacy and numeracy, encourages the application of skills and knowledge developed in one area to questions raised in another”

“Almost all the parents and carers responding to the questionnaire are confident that their children are making good progress”

“Attainment and progress, particularly by the middle ability band, are strengthening”

“The firm foundation developed in Years 7 for those with special educational needs is strengthening their achievement further up the college”

“Students treat adults and each other with cheerful friendliness and the college has a welcoming and supportive atmosphere”

“Students are aware of different forms of bullying, feel that this is not a major issue and are confident that problems will be dealt with effectively”

“Almost all those responding to the questionnaire, including students and staff, are rightly confident that the college keeps children safe”