Madeley High School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Students make good progress and achieve well. Attainment is above average.

Achievement in mathematics is outstanding. Students learn particularly well when working in small groups. They enjoy supporting each other and sharing their ideas.

Teaching is good overall with some excellent practice. Lessons are typically fast paced and include a range of interesting activities that keep students engaged and motivated. Students' behaviour is exemplary.

They get on well and show great respect towards each other and also towards adults in the school. The impressive range of subjects and activities available to students greatly interests t...hem and gives them work at the right level. This contributes to their good progress.

The promotion of students' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding. Students benefit from a highly effective programme of personal development and are provided with pastoral support and guidance of very high quality. Leaders, managers and governors have worked together successfully over the last few years and have brought about significant improvements, particularly in the quality of teaching and students' achievement.

The great majority of teachers are very keen to work together, sharing strategies that work well. It is not yet an outstanding school because : A small amount of teaching requires improvement. In a few lessons, teachers talk too much and lead all activities so that students are not involved enough in their learning.

In these lessons, questioning is not used well to check understanding and extend learning. Although most teachers mark work thoroughly, a few do not provide detailed feedback that helps students to improve their work.

Information about this school

Madeley High is smaller than the average-sized secondary school.

Almost all pupils are of White British heritage and speak English as a first language. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for additional support through the pupil premium funding is below average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported at school action or school action plus, or with a statement of special educational needs, is below average.

The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. A small number of students undertake placements with two external providers. These are the 'RAISE project', which is run through a partnership of seven local schools and provides education for disaffected students at Key Stage 4, and The Cedars, which is a local pupil referral unit.

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