Heacham Infant and Nursery School

Overview

Heacham Infant and Nursery School is rated ‘Good’ across all inspection categories. The report describes a school where pupils feel ‘safe, happy and well looked after’ and enjoy an ‘interesting curriculum’ that inspires them. Leaders and staff foster a positive environment where pupils behave admirably and develop into ‘ambitious yet well-rounded young people’.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate ‘positive attitudes to learning’ and bullying is described as ‘extremely rare’.
• The curriculum is ‘designed... to inspire pupils’, with teachers regularly checking knowledge to ensure pupils remember key facts.
• Reading provision is strong, with a ‘superb range of quality reading materials’ and staff ensuring children become ‘fluent, confident readers’.
• Mathematics teaching is ‘consistent’, with carefully ordered lessons helping pupils build a ‘secure understanding of new concepts’.
• Staff are ‘considerate of their well-being and workload’, and leaders hold themselves to account while providing support.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure curriculum subjects are ‘planned and sequenced from the beginning of the children’s start at the school to the end of Year 6’, as the sequence is not yet clear in the Nursery for some subjects.
• Leaders should conduct ‘searching checks of the provision for pupils with SEND’ to quickly identify when support needs adjusting, as current routine checks are lacking.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’, with staff receiving regular training and leaders ensuring pupils receive ‘appropriate support without delay’.