OfSTED inspection (December 2008)

The Sixth Form has just been inspected, and the report is very positive.  Inspectors say, "The school is rightly proud of its inclusive approach to entry to its sixth form", the students make good progress, and the number of students has grown in recent years. 

They think the courses on offer are very good: "The post 16 curriculum is particularly wide and has some outstanding features", They praise the "significant number of students [who] make excellent progress on Open University courses, as well as saying "the Football Academy is a significant strength’".

Outside the classroom there is praise for other activities avalable too: "the new creativity, action and service programme is successfully encouraging students to volunteer for overseas and national community work".

The future for students is positive too because "the school has developed excellent links with universities".  In particularly they praise "development of workplace and independent learning skills is outstanding as a result of the innovative work done by the school".

Finally, they see "The way in which students are prepared for the transition to the world of work and further education is outstanding".