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Ofsted praises leaders for improvements at school

Hyde High School is heading in the right direction after an improved Ofsted report.

Inspectors remotely monitored the school on March 30 as they are unable to enter educational premises due to the pandemic.

However, monitoring continues with schools being judged in five areas.

These are quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and overall effectiveness at previous inspection.

In the high school’s most up-to-date Ofsted report, as of October 2019, it ranked Good on all but quality of education and overall effectiveness, where the school was told it ‘Required Improvement’.

However, the report notes improvements have been made since then.

The inspection team spoke to staff and pupils to determine how the institution had navigated online learning and the reintroduction of students to the school.

Parents were also invited to give their feedback, with 92 responses.

Findings from the report read: “Despite the impact of the Covid-19 restrictions, pupils at Hyde High School have continued to follow their usual range of curriculum subjects throughout the pandemic.

“You have ensured that pupils learned well whether they were at home or in school.

“Pupils have benefited from the depth of training that staff received on the delivery of remote education.

“You also decided to offer training to pupils. This gave them the confidence to access their learning while working remotely. It also helped them work more independently.

“As a result of this training, you and the staff put effective remote learning in place for all pupils when the third national lockdown began.”

The school was also praised on its positive reading culture, support of vulnerable students and career guidance for older students.

At the time of the inspection, almost all students were being educated on site. The school was commended on its teachers’ swift action in checking what pupils knew and remembered from their time studying at home.

Headteacher Andrea Radcliffe added: “This is an improving school where students show positive attitudes to learning, respect and tolerance for others and where they achieve well.

“We have high expectations of all members of our school community, and, alongside a strong work ethic,  we want to instil in all our students a sense of belonging and pride in their school.”

Ofsted said to continue to improve, education leaders needed to ensure that the curriculum for modern foreign languages is at least as ambitious as the national curriculum and that pupils in Year 7 did not know enough about the languages they study.

Leaders should also ensure that the resources that teachers select, including reading books in English, are chosen to be as ambitious as the curriculum to help pupils achieve.

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