This school is a lifeline for many pupils. For most pupils, the school is now a calm, stable environment where they can learn. Relationships are positive and pupils feel confident to talk to an adult in school about their worries and aspirations. Across all provisions, kind and caring staff act promptly to ensure pupils are safe and get the help they need. However, for a minority of pupils, expectations remain too low, leading to learning being frequently disrupted by poor behaviour. Pupils benefit from the changes throughout the school. They appreciate the priority given to careers and exploring possible future destinations. There are increasingly high aspirations for pupils’ achievement and many pupils are now getting a much better education. However, many of the recent changes are in the early stages of implementation. This means the quality of education varies between the different groups of pupils and the different school sites. Although it is one school, The Harbour has six different provisions operating across multiple sites, catering to six distinct groups of pupils with different special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Improvement work is having a positive impact for some sites, but not all. As a result, some pupils achieve well, but some pupils do not.