Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School

Overview

Pupils “happily attend this welcoming school” where they “love to learn” and benefit from a strong focus on language development. The report highlights that personal development and early years provision are particular strengths, with pupils demonstrating resilience and confidence. Overall, the school provides a high-quality education with effective leadership and positive behaviour.

Strengths

• “Personal development” is judged “Outstanding”, with pupils understanding how to “persevere and be resilient”.
• “Early years provision” is “Outstanding”, featuring precise learning goals and staff who “develop children’s language with every conversation”.
• The curriculum is “well-sequenced and logical”, ensuring pupils “understand and can use the correct vocabulary” across subjects.
• Reading is prioritised through daily phonics sessions, meaning pupils “achieve well in reading” and become “confident readers”.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are “ably supported to access the same learning as their peers”.

Areas to improve

• In “some foundation subjects”, learning objectives are “too broad” and lack “precise small steps of knowledge and skills”.
• This lack of detail makes it “harder for teachers to assess pupils’ knowledge and adapt their teaching” effectively.

Safeguarding

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