Eastern High

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About Eastern High


Name Eastern High
Address Eastern High, Trowbridge Road, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 1XZ
Phone Number 02920 792751
Phase Secondary (ages 11-16)
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 1203 (48.4% boys 51.6% girls)
Number of Pupils per Teacher 17
Local Authority Cardiff
Highlights from Latest Inspection

Staff at Eastern High School place a high priority on pupils' well-being and provide them with high levels of care, support and guidance. They know their pupils well, and many teachers plan their lessons carefully to capture pupils' imagination and ensure they make good progress in their subject knowledge and understanding.

Provision for those with additional learning needs (ALN) is particularly well-coordinated and effective. In general, staff are calm and foster positive working relationships with pupils. As a result, many pupils respond positively to the opportunities offered to them and behave well in lessons and around the school.

In a majority of cases, pupils make strong progress in their subject knowledge and under...standing. However, the provision for developing pupils' literacy, numeracy, Welsh and digital skills across the curriculum is underdeveloped. While pupils develop their understanding of the importance of exercise and a healthy diet well, they do not have enough opportunities to learn about matters associated with sexual health or drug misuse.

A majority of pupils enjoy coming to school and there are high levels of participation in extra-curricular activities such as sports, musical shows and debates. The school has suitable procedures to ensure pupils' attendance and staff work constructively with parents to improve this aspect if necessary. However, a few pupils do not attend regularly enough or avoid certain lessons when they are in school, which restricts their progress.

The headteacher communicates his vision for each pupil to flourish and reach their potential clearly. In general, he is supported well by the rest of the senior leadership team. They have a suitable understanding of what needs to be done to improve certain aspects of the school's work.

However, when judging the quality of teaching, leaders do not consider its impact on pupils' learning closely enough. Recommendations R1 Strengthen systems to improve pupils' attendance, and reduce persistent absenteeism and internal truancy R2 Improve the provision for developing pupils' skills across the curriculum including their command of Welsh R3 Strengthen the provision for personal and social education R4 Ensure that leaders understand how to evaluate the school's provision in light of its impact on pupils' learning What happens next The school will draw up an action plan to show how it is going to address the recommendations. Estyn will work with the local authority to review the school's progress.


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