Burwood School is a small special school provding for boys who have a statement of special educational needs for behavioural, emotional or social difficulties, or an education, health and care plan for social, emotional or mental health needs. Many of the students have additional needs such as specific or moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication difficulties, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autistic spectrum disorder. Often students have been excluded from mainstream schools before arriving at Burwood School. Many of the youngest students transfer from a local pupil referral unit. The school has very high levels of mobility, with students arriving and leaving throughout the year. Some students have to travel for up to an hour to get to school. Most students are from White British backgrounds. All students speak English as their first language. The proportion of students eligible for the pupil premium, which is additional government funding for children who are looked after by the local authority or who are entitled to free school meals, is very high compared to the national average. Since the previous inspection, two headteachers have left and there have been a number of changes to the staff team and the governing body. The local authority dissolved the governing body in November 2014 and replaced it with an interim executive board. A new temporary executive headteacher and head of school both started in January 2015. A long-term strategic plan has been established whereby the school will become part of a local academy trust, which includes a pupil referral unit, alternative provision for primary aged pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties, and Bromley College. The school’s interim executive headteacher is the executive headteacher of this trust. Some students attend alterative provision at the Archway Project, working towards a diploma in engineering, or a construction course at Bromley College. The school has not been able to recruit a permanent English teacher for some time. Students have been taught by a variety of different temporary teachers. Students are not entered early for GCSE. The school is being supported by a national leader of education (NLE) from New Rush Hall School, an outstanding special school.