Eastfield Infant and Nursery School

Overview

Eastfield Infant and Nursery School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at its previous inspection. Pupils are happy, kind, and well-behaved, with a strong focus on reading and personal development. The school provides a supportive environment where staff workload is considered, and parents speak highly of the provision.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, cooperative, and understand expectations, with a clear rule that they ‘own your own behaviour’.
• Leaders have designed an ‘ambitious curriculum’ with secure staff subject knowledge, particularly in phonics and reading.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well supported, often accessing the same curriculum as peers.
• Attendance is a high priority and is ‘noticeably improving’ for current pupils.
• Governors provide ‘effective challenge and support’ for school leaders, contributing to school improvement.

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, assessment methods are not fully developed, meaning leaders do not always know when pupils have missed parts of the curriculum.
• Teachers should ensure assessment is used effectively to check and address pupils’ misconceptions and gaps in learning.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.