Ofsted report
ISP school Battle has been rated as ‘Good ’ by Ofsted, with ‘Outstanding Personal Development’ and ‘Outstanding Behaviour and Attitudes’.
The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development is a clear strength. It underpins all aspects of school life. In particular it helps to build pupils’ resilience, while ensuring they become caring, compassionate citizens. Pupils appreciate staff genuinely knowing and understanding them as individuals. The school provides an extensive range of activities that helps to develop pupils’ interests, resilience, confidence and independence…Classrooms are calm places, where pupils can concentrate on their learning. Pupils value the positive learning environment that exists at school. Staff are extremely well trained and highly consistent in their approaches to managing behaviour. Pupils appreciate this consistency. This gives pupils a genuine feeling of self-worth that they are proud to share with visitors. Due to the high quality of provision, parents and carers are understandably very positive about how well the school is led and managed…
– OFSTED September 2025
“Leaders have a clear vision for the school. They want it to be excellent in all respects. They know what is working well. Leaders know pupils and their families well. All parents or carers who responded to Ofsted’s survey agreed that their children feel safe here. Staff understand the additional vulnerabilities of pupils who attend the school. Communication is open and honest. Staff are not afraid to ask questions when they have doubts or feel unsure. Their training is up to date, live, in the moment and ongoing.”
– Ofsted 2022