Coombe Hill Infant School

Overview

Pupils are “excited about coming to school” and thrive in a “calm and caring environment” where they “achieve extremely well.” The report describes a highly dedicated school with “exemplary conduct” among pupils, who demonstrate strong resilience and respect for others. Leaders provide “strong direction,” ensuring a rich curriculum and effective support for all learners, including those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• The curriculum is “well sequenced and ambitious,” with teachers using regular checks to ensure pupils “deepen and extend their understanding.”
• Staff are “meticulous in identifying and supporting” pupils needing extra help, ensuring those with SEND “access the same curriculum as their peers” and “achieve very well.”
• Reading provision is robust, with adults helping pupils “build the skill and will” to read fluently through consistent phonics teaching and active parental involvement.
• Behaviour is managed consistently, resulting in lessons that proceed “uninterrupted” due to pupils’ “high levels of interest and self-discipline.”
• Personal development is “rich and broad,” fostering character traits like “curiosity, enthusiasm and resilience” while promoting equality and respect for differences.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are “effective.”