Churchfields Infants' School

Overview

Churchfields Infants’ School is judged as ‘Outstanding’ across all inspection categories, including the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. The report describes a school with a clear ethos of ‘Growing Together’, where staff foster a ‘love of learning’ and maintain ‘very high expectations’ that are consistently realised. Pupils benefit from a precisely planned curriculum and a calm, purposeful environment that supports their academic and personal development.

Strengths

• The curriculum is ‘designed and tailored to meet the needs of all pupils’, with a ‘well sequenced’ approach in mathematics and phonics that ensures gaps in knowledge are ‘swiftly identified’.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are ‘supported very well’, with staff making ‘appropriate adaptations’ that enable them to ‘learn exceptionally well’.
• Behaviour is described as ‘exemplary’, underpinned by clear routines and expectations that are shared with families, resulting in a ‘nurturing environment’.
• Early years provision is ‘Outstanding’, with staff who ‘know children exceptionally well’ and plan activities that reflect children’s interests and develop their understanding.
• Leaders have built ‘positive relationships’ with parents, and the governing body has received training to carry out its role with ‘sufficient expertise’.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’.