Reports on Owlswick

The School has recently received an excellent Ofsted Report; and the Home is regularly inspected by Ofsted Social Care Team responsible for Care and the Residential side.

From the Ofsted Report (transcribed verbatim from the Ofsted Website; click on the link on this Ofsted page to view the full report as PDF file):

Summary of main findings

Owlswick School is a very effective school. It meets its aims of providing supportive and caring school and home environments extremely well. The proprietors are fully involved in the running of the school on a day-to-day basis and they provide very good role models. Their care and concern for pupils is evident throughout the school. The extremely positive school ethos and the very high quality relationships between staff and pupils promote pupils' personal development very effectively. Pupils follow a very broad and balanced curriculum and are taught well. Their behaviour in lessons and attitudes to their work are exceptional. Consequently, they achieve highly in acquiring new skills and they make good progress.

What the school does well

• a very well constructed curriculum gives pupils a varied and interesting range of learning experiences;
• pupils respond eagerly in lessons;
• the provision for promoting all aspects of pupils' personal development is very good;
• close links with the local community provide many enrichment opportunities during and after the school day, and strong links with local schools and colleges are used very well to extend the curriculum;
• day and residential staff liaise very closely to ensure that all adults are aware of any difficult situations as they develop. As a result, pupils are managed consistently; and the whole staff team is committed to developing pupils' self-esteem, confidence and their trust in adults; exceptionally high quality social interactions are evident throughout the school on a day-to-day basis and they provide very good role models. Their care and concern for pupils is evident throughout the school. The extremely positive school ethos and the very high quality relationships between staff and pupils promote pupils' personal development very effectively.

From The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) (now Ofsted) Report 23rd February 2006:

• The home continues to offer a varied selection of activities to the young people.
• Feedback from the young people was positive about the home.
• There is good support offered to older boys in their preparation to live independently and the staff team are aware of the needs and idiosyncrasies of all the young people who live in the home.

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