Ofsted

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. Ofsted inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages as well as inspecting and regulating services that care for children and young people. The Ofsted reports for Red Lane can be found online here.

The school received a graded inspection on 7th & 8th May 2025. The school was graded as follows:

• Leadership and Management - OUTSTANDING
• Personal Development - OUTSTANDING
• Quality of Education - GOOD
• Behaviour and Attitudes - GOOD
• Early Years - GOOD

The following strengths were detailed:

• 'The school identifies any learning barriers swiftly and ensures that pupils can learn the curriculum. As a result, pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or
  disabilities (SEND), achieve well.'
• 'The school’s provision for pupils’ personal development is exceptional. Pupils are impressively well prepared for life beyond school, with a mature understanding of mental health.'
• 'The school has established a culture of continual improvement to ensure that pupils succeed academically, socially and emotionally. As a result, barriers to learning are swiftly
  removed and pupils have the chance to thrive.'
• 'The school strives to understand each pupil’s needs and to ensure that they are included in its provision. Pupils have warm relationships with staff and appreciate the many ways that the school helps them to feel safe.'

The full report can be viewed here.

In October 2020, Ofsted conducted a number of monitoring visits in order to look out how schools had returned to education following the closure of schools due to COVID 19. Red Lane received a monitoring visit and the report can be found here.

If you would like to provide Ofsted with feedback about our school then you can do so using the Parent View tool.