Hatfield Peverel Infant and Nursery School

Overview

Hatfield Peverel Infant and Nursery School continues to be a good school, providing a happy and calm environment where pupils enjoy coming to school. Leaders have created a culture of high expectations and vigilance, ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, thrive within an ambitious curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils display strong relationships with adults and one another, with bullying being rare and behaviour described as "calm and purposeful".
• Reading sits at the heart of the curriculum, with teachers being "expert in teaching reading" due to detailed training, resulting in most pupils learning to read with confidence.
• Teachers possess strong subject knowledge and skilfully implement the curriculum, identifying mistakes quickly and making effective adaptations for pupils with SEND.
• Leaders have precisely identified important vocabulary for different subjects, enabling pupils to explain their thinking clearly in areas such as mathematics and history.
• Governors provide effective support and carry out their roles with "great diligence and commitment", asking challenging questions when needed.

Areas to improve

• The Nursery curriculum lacks sufficient clarity regarding the specific knowledge and skills children need to acquire across different areas of learning.
• Leaders recognise the current Nursery curriculum is not as aspirational as desired and must complete work to ensure children develop a rich understanding before starting Reception.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders creating a "culture of vigilance" and adults being well trained to respond to concerns about pupil welfare.