Hinde House 2-16 Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Achievement is good.

In the primary phase it is outstanding. A focus on improving teaching, the support for pupils who may be struggling and improving how pupils are taught mathematics and English has resulted in pupils making good and sometimes outstanding progress from their starting points. Teaching is good overall and is improving rapidly.

In the primary phase it is consistently outstanding. Behaviour and safety are good overall. In the primary phase they are outstanding.

A strong feature throughout the school is how well students from different backgrounds relate to each other, how safe they feel and the strong relationship...s that exist in the school. Leadership and management, including governance, are outstanding. Through the inspirational leadership of the headteacher and his senior colleagues, the quality of teaching is now good and improving rapidly, as is pupils' achievement across the school.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : The progress that students make in the secondary phase slows in comparison to the outstanding progress they have consistently made in the primary phase. In the secondary phase, there are some remaining inconsistencies in the quality of teaching that are preventing its overall quality from rising to outstanding.

Information about this school

This is a larger than average sized all-through school.

A larger than average proportion of students is known to be eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for those students in local authority care, for students known to be eligible for free school meals and children from service families. The proportion of students supported through school action is average, as is the proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs. A higher than average proportion of students speaks English as an additional language.

A higher than average proportion of students is from minority ethnic backgrounds. A higher than average proportion of students join or leave the school at other than the usual times of year. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics.

The primary phase and secondary phase have their own headteachers. One school Principal has overview of both phases. The primary phase site is located approximately one mile from the secondary phase site.

The school works in collaboration with the following providers to support the curriculum in Key Stage 4. The Engineering Centre, The Source, Sheaf Training, Dimensions and CDC Ltd. The Principal and senior staff from primary and secondary phases provide support to other local schools.