2014
Lorna Matley, head teacher at Reach, only needs two words to sum up why it is rated "outstanding" by Ofsted: "Constant improvement."
The Stoke-on-Trent pupil referral unit is, she says, always striving to better itself. "We call ourselves a short-stay school," she says. "Pupil referral unit is the usual term, but I think short-stay school sounds much nicer. Kids come here on a very short-term basis to move onto where they should be, so we have to be creative about what we do. All of the young people have differing needs so we have to be creative. Nothing is ever static here, we're constantly trying to improve."
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