Pool Academy - 01209712220

Pool Academy is a mixed secondary school with academy status, located in Pool in the English county of Cornwall.The school has been known as Pool Comprehensive School and Pool School and Community College before gaining specialist status when it was renamed Pool Business and Enterprise College. The school was converted to academy status on 1 April 2011 and was renamed Pool Academy.Pool Academy offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. The school is also the home ground of Duchy Hockey Club.Latest OFSTED ReportThe last OFSTED inspection of the school highlighted the following strengths of the school: The principal, leaders and governors have been highly successful in establishing the academy as a school which is improving quickly. Senior leaders have introduced initiatives which have ensured that GCSE results have improved faster than nationally. The academy’s values of aspiration, belonging and respect are well embedded in everyday practice. Students are encouraged to be responsible. They develop a good understanding of their own achievements and are motivated to aim high and do well. Behaviour is consistently positive which helps makes the academy pleasant and orderly. Students feel safe and enjoy learning and socialising together. Teaching is good over time and some is outstanding. Teachers identify any students at risk of falling behind at an early stage and give them help to catch up quickly. Students make very good use of their new hand-held tablets to store work and research information which boosts their learning. The curriculum is flexible and innovative so that it is very effective in meeting students’ needs and promoting their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Leadership and management are outstanding and systems to manage staff performance and tackle any weaknesses are robust. The academy is very well placed to improve further. Governors have an excellent understanding of the academy’s performance and use this information to challenge it to do even better.

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