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[email protected] 7 May 2015 Mr Domenic Volpe Head of School William Howard School Longtown Road Brampton Cumbria CA8 1AR Dear Mr Volpe, No formal designation monitoring inspection of William Howard School Following my visit with Allan Torr, Her Majesty’s Inspector, to your school on 6 May 2015, I write on behalf of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills to confirm the inspection findings. This monitoring inspection was conducted under section 8 of the Education Act 2005 and in accordance with Ofsted’s published procedures for inspecting schools with no formal designation. The inspection was carried out because Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector was concerned about the achievement of disadvantaged students. The inspection also focused on relevant aspects of the quality of leadership and management (including governance) at the school. Evidence Inspectors met with the executive headteacher, head of school, members of the senior leadership team, several teachers holding positions of responsibility and two governors. Inspectors also met with groups of students in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. Inspectors reviewed students’ exercise books and visited a number of lessons across the school in which they focused their attention on the learning of disadvantaged students. Inspectors scrutinised the school’s safeguarding procedures, including the checks made on employees when they are recruited to the school and on other adults who visit the school.