Heronsbridge School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Pupils at Heronsbridge School are happy, safe and enjoy coming to school. They are kind to each other and courteous and respectful to staff and visitors. This stems from the highly effective values, which are well-established at the school.'

Together we can' is embedded in all that happens at the school and celebrated by pupils, staff, parents and all stakeholders. Nearly all pupils make extremely strong progress in their learning during their time at the school. They develop effective communication systems, which pupils use purposefully during the school day.

Many pupils develop writing and reading skills appropriate to their needs. Most pupils develop numeracy skills that are relevant to their needs. In all aspects of le...arning and over time, many pupils develop valuable independence skills.

A strong feature of the school is the decidedly positive behaviour of pupils and their highly effective attitudes to learning. Together with strong working relationships with staff, pupils fully engage in all aspects of the school community. Pupil voice is another strong feature of the school.

Allowing pupils to influence what and how they learn is well-established at the school. Staff proactively provide relevant opportunities for all pupils to influence their day-to-day experiences at the school extremely effectively. The broad, stimulating pupil-centred curriculum is robustly planned and involves the whole staff team, pupils and parents.

As a result, as pupils move through the school, their experiences broaden, are purposeful and where appropriate they gain valuable accreditation. Staff have high expectations for all pupils including developing lifelong independence skills. These prepare pupils well for the next stages in their lives.

As a result, pupils transition to a range of post-school destinations, including college, successfully. Leadership and management of the school is outstanding. Highly effective processes are in place that support improvement planning across the school strongly.

Staff are highly motivated and manage the needs of pupils exceptionally well. Staff access a robust and valuable professional learning programme. As a result, they are highly skilled and strive to continually improve their practice to better support the needs of pupils at the school.

Recommendations No recommendations. What happens next The school will draw up an action plan to address the recommendation from the inspection. Estyn will invite the school to prepare two case studies on its work in relation to the curriculum and professional learning, for dissemination on Estyn's website.