Katherine Semar Infant School

Overview

Katherine Semar Infant School is described as a “nurturing and exciting place to learn” where “pupils thrive.” The inspection found that the school’s “ambitious” curriculum and highly skilled staff enable pupils to “achieve highly” across all areas of learning.

Strengths

• The “Inspire” curriculum is “well designed,” featuring effective questioning and creative opportunities that help pupils improve their work over time.
• Support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is “extremely effective,” with needs identified promptly and learning carefully adapted for success.
• A “comprehensive phonics programme” ensures pupils become “confident, fluent readers” by quickly identifying and supporting those not keeping up.
• Pupils display “impressive” behaviour, showing high levels of self-control, kindness, and resilience while following school rules consistently well.
• Leadership is “ambitious” and “determined,” providing expert challenge and support for staff, who are described as “extremely proud and positive.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”