Chester Park Infant School

Overview

Chester Park Infant School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection. The school fosters a strong sense of community where pupils are happy, kind, and eager to learn. Leaders have high expectations for achievement, ensuring most pupils are well-prepared for their next stage of education.

Strengths

• Pupils value diversity and treat each other with fairness, creating a happy and respectful environment.
• The school’s focus on oracy and vocabulary helps pupils build language skills and communicate ideas effectively.
• An effective phonics curriculum supports all pupils, including those new to English, to become confident readers.
• Staff provide expert, tailored support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• The curriculum is carefully sequenced in core subjects, allowing pupils to deepen their knowledge and understanding.

Areas to improve

• In some wider curriculum subjects, the school has not identified precisely what pupils need to learn, and teachers do not always check that knowledge is secured.
• The school must ensure essential knowledge is clearly identified and frequently checked so pupils can retrieve and recall what they have learned.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.