King Richard III Infant and Nursery School

Overview: King Richard III Infant and Nursery School requires improvement in the quality of education and leadership and management, but is good for behaviour and attitudes, and personal development. The school serves a diverse community where all backgrounds and cultures are celebrated, and pupils are proud of their school.

Strengths:

• Pupils use language such as ‘inclusiveness’ and appreciate the many friends they can make.
• Pupils know that the school rules help to keep them safe and allow them to learn and flourish in a calm environment.
• Pupils understand and appreciate the values that underpin our society, recognising that everyone has a right to express themselves, to be safe and to be happy.
• Governors pride themselves on how well the school adapts to meet the needs of the community.

Areas to improve:

• The curriculum is not fully sequenced in some subjects, and checks on the intent and implementation of the curriculum have not been made in a systematic and informed way.
• Not all pupils with SEND get the right support to help them to know the school’s curriculum with increasing fluency and independence.
• The learning environment in the early years does not promote children’s early communication and language as well as it could, and during independent learning, children’s development is not always well supported.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.