Ofsted Report

Cardinal Newman High School is a very good school. It is very well led and managed. The teaching is very good. It gives good value for money.

Pupils

• Have very good attitudes.
• Produce good academic and personal achievements.
• Respond well to the school's high expectations.
• Are keen to learn and to succeed.
• Are smart, polite and considerate.
• Behaviour is very good overall.
• Relationships are very good.
• Personal development is very good.

Other aspects of the school

The Curriculum is very good overall and provides equally well for pupils of different abilities, talents and gifts. Personal development of the pupils is excellent with very good provision for personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This is a caring and inclusive school, which looks after its pupils very well. The school is very well led and managed. Teaching and learning are monitored rigorously. The school is well staffed.

Teaching and Learning

Overall, the teaching is very good and meets the needs of all of its pupils well, including those with special educational needs, consequently pupils make very good overall progress in their learning. They concentrate on their work and persevere successfully with written and practical tasks. The teaching has important strengths - the teachers' good specialist knowledge and effective strategies for teaching their subjects, high expectations of effort and achievement, and effective management of the pupils.

What pleases parents most

• The school is well managed.
• The school is approachable.
• Their children make good progress.
• The teaching is good.
• The school's high expectation of the children.
• The children behave well.
• The children become mature and responsible.
• The good range of out-of-school activities.
• Parents have very positive views of the school.
• The school does a great deal to ensure an effective and successful partnership with parents