Mayfield School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school Leaders and their staff work together to maintain high expectations of all pupils. This leads to pupils' good behaviour and positive relationships. Students in the sixth form are polite and have positive relationships with staff.

Leaders have been improving teaching through personalised, subject-specific support and whole-school professional development. This is having a positive impact on outcomes. Leaders are developing ways to monitor and evaluate the impact of their work on pupils' outcomes.

Teaching is strong in a range of subjects and across the key stages. Pupils value the detailed guidance they are given, which helps them know wha...t to improve, and how. Leaders have identified subjects where practices are too variable, and use coaching and training to support individual teachers.

Pupils enjoy the range of opportunities on offer. They speak enthusiastically about how extra-curricular clubs motivate them to succeed. Special educational needs support is effective.

Leaders monitor its impact, and understand how this ensures that learners make progress. Leaders, including governors, work well together to safeguard pupils. They enable disadvantaged pupils to make strong progress, and create an environment where pupils' well-being is a priority.

Sixth-form provision is effective. Leaders constantly seek ways to improve the quality of teaching. This is in line with their ambitions for teaching to be outstanding.

Leaders identified that students need to reach higher grades, and have supported teachers well through additional training. Leaders are committed to developing strong monitoring and evaluation practices. They use existing good practice to train leaders to maintain a constant focus on this important aspect of leadership.

Information about this school

The school is a local authority maintained school. The school uses two alternative provisions, the Redbridge Alternative Provision and Barking and Dagenham College. This is a large inner city secondary school with a sixth form.