Poor attendance and variation in quality of teaching for special needs children is holding back Atherton High School from being rated as ‘Good’, a report said. The Hamilton Street site was credited for its improvement since their last full Ofsted inspection in 2021 where they were rated as ‘Requires Improvement’.
Although the Ofsted inspector credited the school for their improvements in regard to addressing attendance and teaching quality, they believed there was still more improvement needed before it could become a ‘Good’ school. The monitoring visit took place on December 14, 2022 and the report was published on February 6.
Despite recognition of the attendance problem, there are still too many students missing school, according to the inspector.
