Ofsted Reports
Caldew School was inspected by Ofsted on 22 and 23 September 2026.
Please use the link below to download the full report.
The report highlights many strengths, including:
• Student’s show positive attitudes to learning, that they rise to leaders’ high expectations of behaviour, are engaged and focused on their learning in lessons.
• Achieve exam results in line with national averages and leave well prepared for the next stage of their education.
• The inspectors found that the curriculum is broad and ambitious. They noted that relationships between staff and students are a strength of the school.
• Students benefit from a broad range of experiences that enable them to develop their interests and talents and that careers education at Caldew School is of a high quality, including in the Sixth Form.
• Students benefit from participating in work-related learning that raise their ambitions and widens their horizons. They also recognised in the report that the school has highly productive links with local employers that enhance student’s personal development by running aspirational activities that open doors to opportunities for the future for students across the whole school.
• Inspectors recognised that the school supports students with SEND well so that they can access the same learning as others and progress well.
