Lyndon School, A Ninestiles Academy, is a very happy, friendly and caring school where all students, staff and our community are valued and respected. Although our school is amongst one of the largest in the borough of Solihull, we take pride in maintaining a small school ethos.

Apart from our students, our greatest strength is our skilled and dedicated staff team that works tirelessly to provide the best teaching and learning experience for each child and a happy, safe learning environment to help them achieve the best they possibly can.

As part of the Ninestiles Academy Trust our commitment to our students
and families is best described through the Trust’s mission statement.

Lyndon is a vibrant and improving secondary school, which joined the Ninestiles Academy Trust in September 2015. Although the school primarily serves the Elmdon and Lyndon Wards within Solihull, it has, over recent years become increasingly popular with students drawn from Birmingham.

At the heart of Lyndon’s improvement strategy is an unequivocal commitment to becoming a first class educational institution that prepares young people to face and successfully overcome the challenges of the 21st century. The alliance with the Ninestiles Academy Trust is now enabling Lyndon School to build successfully on firmly laid foundations so Lyndon School becomes synonymous for its ability to inspire and motivate students, staff and all other members of the school community.

The school’s has demonstrably improved outcomes related to ‘progression’ through its strategic alliances both within and outside the educational sector. Our community partners continue to play a pivotal part in our future with the Ninestiles Academy Trust. These key stakeholders bring a shared social conscience and a genuine aspiration to make a difference; always putting the families that we serve central to all they do.

At Lyndon we are firm in our belief that strong and effective leadership is essential in securing our ambition that every student thrives both academically and socially. Our Senior Leadership Team is emblematic of our values and mission statement and is relentless in the pursuit for excellence at Lyndon.

Ofsted May 2018

• The Principal and an ably supportive new senior team share an uncompromising vision of improvement in the school. They have worked tirelessly and effectively to improve pupils’ attendance, behaviour and progress. Their self-evaluation is detailed and accurate, showing that they know their school well.

• Leaders have designed a coherent and broad curriculum. As a result, pupils’ progress at key stage 3 is strong and progress at key stage 4 is improving.

• Leaders know their school well. Their actions to improve the school are effective.

Lyndon School is ambitious and aspirational for its pupils aiming for all to achieve their best; high standards of teaching is an entitlement for all our students.

Ofsted May 2018

• Leaders have developed a coherent key stage 3 curriculum in which assessment is embedded. This allows them to track pupils’ progress confidently at key stage 3. The new curriculum is regularly reviewed and leaders have invited tough external scrutiny over it. This scrutiny has led to many improvements and tweaks, further enhancing the curriculum. They identify those pupils at risk of not meeting basic expectations in English and mathematics early in Year 7. This enables effective interventions to be put in place to help pupils make better progress across the curriculum.

• Leaders’ systems to improve teaching are well designed. The training programme for teachers is informed by monitoring in classrooms, work sampling and analysis of pupils’ progress. Leaders know teachers’ strengths and areas for improvement. They work effectively to improve teaching, support teachers’ professional development and increase the rate of pupils’ progress.

• Leaders have introduced new assessment systems which are well integrated into the curriculum. Assessments are moderated internally and externally. As a result, leaders have an increasingly accurate overview of pupils’ overall progress, which pupils need extra support and where

Our aim is to provide an outstanding learning experience for your child, finishing with the examination results that they need to progress to the next stage of their lifelong journeys.

Ofsted May 2018

• Current pupils have benefited from a longer period of stable and improved teaching. In addition, teachers’ improved assessment accuracy and a clearer curriculum mean that they can be more confident about how well pupils are progressing towards their targets. As a result, pupils’ progress is much stronger for current key stage 4 pupils.

• Where there are subjects in which pupils are a little behind, leaders know about these issues. They are temporary problems that are being addressed, as opposed to deeper, systemic issues. Where groups of pupils are behind, leaders have effective interventions which are supporting their improved progress.

• The vast majority of pupils at key stage 3 are making good progress towards their challenging targets. Disadvantaged pupils and those with SEN and/or disabilities are making better progress than previously.

Maintaining high standards is everyone’s responsibility at Lyndon. We believe that an orderly, disciplined atmosphere is essential for effective learning.

Ofsted May 2018

• The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is good.

• Leaders think carefully about pupils’ welfare. They take an innovative approach to make sure that they support pupils effectively.

• Pupils wear their uniform smartly, are mature in school and the majority have good attitudes to their learning. They have chances to participate in leadership opportunities through the prefect scheme and these prefects are positive ambassadors for their school.

• Pupils say that bullying is rare. They say that they feel safe in school and that if bullying issues occur, they have confidence in staff to deal with it.

• Leaders have introduced a regular meeting of a panel of staff with responsibility for pupils’ welfare. This panel brings together a range of expertise and a sharp focus on improvements in pupils’ well-being, engaging external agencies when needed. This panel works effectively to reflect leaders’ commitment that no pupil should ‘fall through the net’.