Boarding
Boarding Inspection

The Commission for Social Care Inspection carried out an inspection in the form of a consultation with our boarders, parents and staff in May 2006.  They assessed whether the services we are providing meet the needs of the people who use them.  They summarised their findings as follows:

“The standards in this school are very high.  In this inspection, six standards were exceeded……This is an exceptional achievement”

Being Healthy

“The school excels in looking after the health and nutritional needs of the children.  There is a holistic approach to health and diet, with an understanding of how diet impacts on learning and concentration.  There is plenty of physical exercise, with many evening activities being exercised based.  There are lots of fruit and vegetables provided throughout the day for children, including fruit snacks in the evenings”

 
Enjoying and Achieving

“The school excels in preparing children for their next school through the Leavers’ Programme, and providing a high quality 6-part course on Team Building and Leadership for senior pupils.  Children spoke very enthusiastically about this programme and also the Cross Keys award, which celebrates the development of the children across the whole range of school life including study skills, health issues, community work and adventure training”.

 
Making a Positive Contribution

“Children said they were very well supported through their day-to-day contact with staff, their Tutor, the Housemaster and Matron and they have access to help from outside the school too….The relationships between staff and pupils are exceptionally good….Every aspect of the school regime is aimed at helping children to become happy, fulfilled and useful members of society and the strength of their relationships with staff is clearly an important part of this work”.

“The school states clearly in its policies that id does not discriminate against any groups; indeed the Head Master said that he would welcome further cultural diversity in the school.  The inspectors observations confirm that this was the case; staff go to enormous lengths to ensure that every child at the school finds something, not necessarily an academic subject, at which they can excel, so that no-one is left out”.