Underley Garden School is a special place for its pupils. Many pupils join the school with negative views of education. Impassioned and kind staff help pupils to turn these views around quickly. Pupils’ attitudes towards their education improve significantly. The school is an extremely welcoming place, where staff form highly positive relationships with pupils and their families. Pupils swiftly learn to trust the adults in school. They know that staff will do all they can to support them. Staff are highly skilled to help pupils manage their behaviour well. Pupils learn in a calm environment. The school is determined to enable pupils to thrive. It has soaring aspirations for pupils’ achievement, including for students in the sixth form. Pupils learn the ambitious curriculum well. They gain the important skills they need. The sixth-form curriculum is particularly focused on ensuring that pupils are thoroughly prepared for their future lives. As a result, pupils make impressive progress through the curriculum and achieve well. The work to develop pupils for life beyond their time at the school is exemplary. From the time pupils join the school, they learn about how to be independent. Younger pupils learn about different aspects of safety such as road safety. Older pupils learn about managing money and how to apply for a job. Students in the sixth form enjoy the chance to practise their interview skills.