Barnett Wood Infant School

Overview

Pupils “thrive at this highly inclusive school,” where they are “kind and respectful” and demonstrate “exemplary” behaviour. The curriculum is “highly ambitious” and logically structured, ensuring pupils achieve highly across all subjects and are “exceptionally well prepared for their next stage of education.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is “highly ambitious,” with learning set out “logically” to build on prior knowledge and reach “ambitious end points.”
• Reading is “prioritised,” with phonics taught “consistently and highly effectively” from the start of Reception, ensuring pupils who fall behind “catch up with their peers quickly.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have their needs “identified quickly” and receive tailored support, achieving “exceptionally well.”
• Personal development is strong, with a “particularly strong” personal, social and health education curriculum that fosters resilience, kindness, and aspiration.
• Staff have “the highest expectations” for pupil achievement, and governors “support and challenge leaders” while maintaining “highest aspirations for all pupils.”

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”