East Leake Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The school has made the improvement of teaching its main priority. This has been successful and a high proportion of teaching is now good or better.

Students' achievement across the school has improved since the last inspection. School data and evidence from students' work indicate that this positive trend is set to continue. The sixth form is good.

Students achieve well and enjoy a range of courses. They have welcomed being given a higher profile within the school recently. The school's leadership, including the governing body, has been strengthened through partnership with an academy trust.

The leadership of the school has bee...n completely restructured and this has led to significant improvements in teaching and achievement. Teachers and support staff all manage behaviour consistently well. Relationships between staff and students are positive and, as a result, behaviour is good in lessons and around the school.

Students are well cared for and feel safe. Incidents of bullying are uncommon and are quickly addressed. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teaching in a few lessons requires improvement.

The great majority of marking and guidance that teachers provide for students is good, but some teachers do not mark work well enough. A very small minority of students entering the school with weaker reading skills are not catching up quickly enough. The school's systems for knowing exactly how well students are doing are more precise in Key Stage 4 than in Key Stage 3.

Information about this school

Harry Carlton Comprehensive School is an average-sized secondary school with a sixth form. The proportion of students known to be eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children in the care of the local authority and for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, is below that found nationally, as is the proportion of students who speak English as an additional language. Less than a quarter of students are from minority ethnic groups.

The proportion of disabled students and those with special educational needs is average. The proportion of students supported through school action is also average. The proportion of students supported through school action plus and with a statement of special educational needs is below average.

The school's recent GCSE results met the government's floor standard, which is the minimum level expected for students' attainment and progress. The school does not make use of any alternative provision for students. The school is in the final stages of converting to academy status, and had expected the process to be complete in September 2012.

It is becoming a member of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership (DALP) and will then be known as the East Leake Academy. An executive headteacher, and senior member of the DALP, has been providing the school with strategic support since the start of 2012. Previously, the local authority had brokered a less-formal support arrangement.

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