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Wings School based at Kirklington Hall, Kirklington, receives written warning from Department of Education over standards




A school has been given a written warning from the government over concerns about standards.

Wings School, based at Kirklington Hall, Kirklington, was inspected by Ofsted in September.

It found the school was rated overall inadequate.

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Its quality of education and leadership and management was found to be inadequate while behaviour and attitude and personal development required improvement.­

The Department of Education has now demanded the school produces an action plan to raise standards.

Wings is an independent special school, offering residential and day services, that caters for children who have social and emotional problems, autism, ADHD, attachment needs, childhood trauma or other specific learning difficulties.

Areas in which the school will need to demonstrate improvement include the quality of education; welfare, health and safety of pupils; and quality of leadership.

Ofsted inspectors found "leaders had not made sure the curriculum was well thought out in each subject. Staff did not have the subject knowledge necessary to plan and deliver the curriculum effectively. Pupils did not build their knowledge of a subject over time."

They added: "Staff did not provide pupils with the help they needed to become accurate and confident readers."

It also found arrangements to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare were not effective and pupils’ safeguarding records were not sufficiently detailed.

Attendance and absence procedures were also not considered robust. However, the inspectors acknowledged that school leaders had revised the school’s curriculum policy and now makes clear the different pathways that pupils can study and how their needs will be met.

A new electronic system introduced recently will help leaders bring together different information about pupils’ welfare and safety.

It also said a significant number of new teaching staff have been appointed, many of whom are subject specialists with particular expertise.

The inspectors said pupils were positive about attending the school and said the site was safe and secure. They said they feel safe and well looked after.

The school is required to submit an action plan to the Secretary of State for approval by December 28 in which details of steps to be taken and a timeframe to meet each of the Independent School Standards must be specified.

Failure to implement an action plan, or the action plan being rejected by the Secretary of State, could result in enforcement action being taken against the school, such as the removal of the school from the register of independent schools or other restrictions.



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