Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School

Overview: Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School is a good school, providing a positive and caring environment for its pupils. Staff have high expectations for pupils' learning and behaviour, and relationships between staff and pupils are warm and supportive. Pupils enjoy the curriculum and are confident in reporting any worries to staff.

Strengths:

• Staff have high expectations for pupils' learning and behaviour.
• Relationships between staff and pupils are positive and warm.
• Pupils enjoy the curriculum and are confident in reporting any worries to staff.
• The school provides a range of opportunities for pupils to access events in the community.
• The curriculum provides plentiful opportunities for pupils to learn how to keep themselves safe from potential risks.

Areas to improve:

• Teachers sometimes set activities which require pupils in early years and key stage 1 to write when they do not have enough prior knowledge to spell the words accurately.
• Teachers are addressing the gaps in some pupils' mathematical knowledge as a result of the pandemic, but leaders should ensure that pupils quickly get back on track with the usual expectations of the school's mathematics curriculum.
• Leaders should ensure that their actions are increasingly effective in improving pupils' attendance.
• Pupils do not always put into practice the values they are taught, such as treating others with respect, and leaders should make sure the behaviour policy is effective in supporting pupils to enact these values.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders providing regular training for staff to recognise and report any signs of concern, and responding quickly to safeguarding concerns.