Norwood Green Infant and Nursery School

Overview:

Pupils arrive at Norwood Green Infant and Nursery School with a sense of excitement, eager to begin their day. They feel happy, safe and well supported, and enjoy school. Pupils and staff build strong relationships based on mutual respect, and pupils show the same respect for one another. Pupils achieve highly and are extremely well prepared for the next stages in their education.

Strengths:

• Pupils consistently demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning.
• Pupils work effectively with one another and enjoy taking part in activities that promote shared learning and cooperation.
• The school's curriculum is ambitious and exceeds the ambition of the national curriculum.
• Leaders develop pupils' mathematical skills extremely well.
• Pupils produce high-quality work and teachers use discussions with pupils skilfully to check and extend their understanding.
• The school commits fully to ensuring every pupil learns to read and staff teach phonics from the start of the Reception Year.

Areas to improve:

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding:

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.