Pupils are not safe. Some staff do not fully understand their responsibility to keep pupils safe and do not challenge unsafe behaviours. Consequently, pupils’ behaviour in nearly all classes is disruptive and at times chaotic. Behaviour in key stage 3 is unsafe. On too many occasions staff allow pupils to pick and choose what they want to do. The use of racist and homophobic language and swearing is commonplace and not challenged. Pupils show little or no respect towards one another and rarely follow staff’s instructions. Over time, leaders’ ambition has been low, and almost all pupils receive an exceptionally poor quality of education. In response to concerns about pupil safety, most key stage 3 pupils are currently only expected to attend school for 50% of the time. There is a poor curriculum in the primary provision and none in key stage 3. Pupils learn very little and often learn nothing at all. There is very little in place to support pupils’ personal development. A small number of pupils benefit from specialist support. Pupils are not prepared for their next steps in education. When pupils are provided with positive wider experiences, they show what they are capable of. Their recent musical performance demonstrated that they can be engaged, appreciate others and achieve.