Latest Ofsted
The school was inspected by Ofsted in May 2009.
The following are just a few extracts from the report.
Priestley Smith School provides a good education for its students so that they make good academic progress and achieve outstanding personal development.
Pastoral care is excellent which means that students feel safe and cherished by staff. Relationships are very warm throughout the school, and classrooms are harmonious, good-humoured places of learning.
Students work extremely well with each other. They are protective of one another, sensitive to each others special eye conditions, and behave considerately at all times. Students love coming to school, as shown by their high level of engagement in lessons.
Students are well prepared for the future by the good acquisition of independent living skills, literacy and numeracy skills, specialist information and communication technology skills and increasing mobility.