Millbrook Infant School

Overview

Millbrook Infant School is described as a "positive and nurturing school" where pupils are "proud to attend" and enjoy learning. The report highlights that staff have "high expectations" and model positive behaviour, resulting in consistently good relationships between adults and pupils.

Strengths

• The curriculum is largely "well planned and sequenced," with pupils demonstrating "impressive" recall of previous learning in most subjects.
• A new phonics programme is "working well," ensuring pupils read fluently with books "closely matched to the sounds that they know."
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are "supported well in lessons" and receive help to access the full curriculum.
• Relationships education, health education, and religious education are "well planned," helping pupils develop an appreciation of diverse views and beliefs.
• The transition between headteachers is being "managed well," with interim leaders ensuring stability and continued curriculum improvement.

Areas to improve

• In a small number of subjects, the curriculum does not yet make clear the "precise content that pupils should know and remember at each stage."
• The early years curriculum does not set out "precisely enough" what children should know and be able to do in Reception, hindering systematic learning.
• Some targets for pupils with SEND are "not precise enough," meaning staff are unclear about required progress and how to measure improvements.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are "effective," with staff knowing procedures well and pupils feeling safe and knowing how to ask for help.