With help from the trust, the school has raised its expectations of pupils’ behaviour. This has helped to foster a more respectful culture than in the past. Typically, the relationships that pupils have with their teachers and peers are positive. Most pupils enjoy school. The trust has high expectations for pupils’ achievement. Recent improvements in staffing and leadership at the school have helped to raise pupils’ achievement in key stage 3. However, in some subjects, the key stage 4 curriculum is not designed and delivered successfully. This limits how well older pupils learn. Furthermore, a small minority of pupils’ high absence rate means that they miss vital learning. This hinders some pupils from achieving as well as they should. Some pupils have begun to benefit from the recent improvements that have been made to the programme to promote their wider development. The school has started to organise activities that help pupils to learn about life in modern Britain. For instance, pupils celebrate and mark faith events at relevant times of the year. Some pupils relish their roles on the junior leadership team. These positions help pupils to feel heard and valued. Reading ambassadors enjoy supporting their younger peers to develop confidence when reading. However, these opportunities are not as rich or as broad as they could be to enable more pupils to take advantage of such experiences.