Ofsted: Last inspected May 2013. The report states: "Students’ progress from their starting points to the end of Key Stage 4 is significantly better than that of students nationally,
particularly in English and mathematics.
Students who are eligible for pupil premium funding make excellent progress from their starting points and are quickly catching up
with their peers.
Students’ attainment at GCSE has improved rapidly since the academy opened in 2011.
Students behave impeccably well and feel
extremely safe.
Students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted exceptionally well through an impressive range of extracurricular opportunities.

Ofsted: Last inspected September 2021. The report states: "Mossbourne Community Academy changes pupils’ lives for the better. The academy
provides pupils with a far-reaching curriculum in and out of the classroom.
Demanding rules and routines ensure that learning is front and centre at all times. Pupils are taught to aim high in order to reach their full potential. Pupils’ exemplary behaviour means that teachers are able to teach and focus on learning. Pupils settle immediately so that no time is wasted. They listen, answer questions and get on with their work without fuss. As a result, pupils learn exceptionally well, achieve the highest results in examinations and leave school fully prepared for the next steps in their lives.
Some pupils we spoke with felt that some of the rules are too strict. However, they
know that the rigorous routines help them to learn and keep safe. Pupils are not
worried about bullying and know who to talk to if they were to have concerns.
Nevertheless, they would like more opportunities for their views to contribute to the way things are done."

Ofsted. Last inspected April 2014. The report states: "This school is an exceptional place, where
students flourish both academically and
personally within a strong spiritual ethos. The school’s academic results have been
sustained at a very high level since it became
an academy; they are on track to be even better in 2014. It provides exceptionally well for its most able students through the level of challenge they
receive in lessons and special activities.
All groups of students make rapid and sustained progress through the school. Students’ behaviour is exemplary. Their positive attitudes, desire to learn and curiosity contribute in no small way to their
excellent learning and progress."

Ofsted: Interim inspection January 18. In a letter to the Head, the inspector wrote: "This school continues to be good. The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. There is strong evidence that you and your leadership team have continued to raise the achievement of your pupils regardless of their
background. The school is in the top 12% of schools nationally for progress overall, and last year disadvantaged pupils at The Bridge Academy achieved marginally better than other pupils.
You believe that all pupils should experience the benefits of academic study. It is a considerable achievement by your leaders that nearly all pupils who left your sixth form last year went to university, and the majority of these were the first members of their family to do so. You are rightly working to strengthen pupil progress in
mathematics.
Your leadership has secured an orderly and welcoming place to learn. Inspectors
observed high standards of behaviour in lessons and around the school."

Ofsted. Last full inspection January 2008 with follow-up visits in 2011 and 2012. The report states: "Latymer is an outstanding school that provides an excellent all-round education for all of its students. Consequently, they develop into mature, confident and likeable young adults. The students, their parents and the school's partners hold it in extremely high regard. A particular strength of the school is the high level of commitment shown by the staff and the senior team
to maintaining top class academic standards while continually seeking to widen and enrich the curriculum. One parent commented '...this school is what education is all about', a view echoed in many of the written comments received by the inspectors. Standards are extremely high in all key stages and have been so consistently over many years."

Ofsted report: Last inspection was January 2017. Overall effectiveness: Good.

The report stated: "Many more pupils are gaining good GCSEs across a range of subjects and pupils’ progress overall provisionally places the school in the top 10% in the country. Disadvantaged
pupils’ progress exceeded that of their peers nationally, continuing the trend from
2015.

"Strong progress is underpinned by effective teaching across the curriculum. Teachers’ secure subject knowledge supports their use of effective resources and appropriate activities that build upon pupils’ prior learning well. At its best questioning is used skilfully to probe pupils’ perceptions and tease out the
reasoning behind pupils’ assertions."

Ofsted: Last inspected March 2017. Overall effectiveness: "good"

The report describes the school as having: "a learning environment where pupils are happy and safe, and value learning."

It adds: "Teachers now routinely plan activities that stretch and challenge the most able. For example, they use questioning with skill to further maintain the momentum behind pupils’ progress. The school’s assessment procedures are robust. They are followed well by teachers and designed to promote the development of the knowledge and skills required at GCSE and A level, from the start of Year 7. Teachers are precise in their understanding of most pupils’ needs and consequently activities are typically well pitched. The progress of disadvantaged pupils has been a particular focus of the school. Disadvantaged pupils now make broadly average progress while their peers make significantly better progress across a range of subjects including English, mathematics, science and modern foreign languages."

Ofsted: Last inspection was June 2018. Overall effectiveness: Good.

A letter to the Head from inspectors stated: "You and your team have focused on improving the quality of teaching through appropriate staff professional development opportunities. This has led to pupils achieving standards at or above average in GCSE English, mathematics and modern foreign languages. You have paid particular attention to the most able pupils, and outcomes for this group improved following the last inspection. However, in 2017, the most able pupils’ progress in both English and mathematics was not as strong as that found in previous years.

​"You and your team have implemented a number of new approaches, including a new behaviour policy to reduce low-level disruption in lessons. This has had a positive impact and pupils are clear about what behaviours are expected of them. Typically, pupils behave well and are keen to do their best."