Oakridge Infant School

Overview

Oakridge Infant School is described as an “extremely inclusive school” where pupils “thrive” and “feel safe and well cared for.” The report highlights that leaders maintain “high expectations in abundance,” resulting in pupils who are “attentive learners” and “participate with enthusiasm in school life.”

Strengths

• Pupils “achieve well” across the curriculum, with “foundational knowledge” that prepares them “very well for their next educational steps.”
• Attendance is high and behaviour is excellent; pupils are “punctual,” “polite and kind,” and incidents of bullying are “rare and swiftly resolved.”
• The curriculum is “ambitious and interesting,” with staff demonstrating “excellent subject knowledge” and providing “precise and individualised support.”
• Early years provision is strong, with children showing “independence and sustained concentration” and being “emotionally secure.”
• The school has a “highly inclusive culture” with “robust systems” to identify needs, ensuring disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs “achieve, belong and thrive.”

Areas to improve

• Leaders and governors should “sustain the effectiveness of their work” and “seek continued improvement” to “drive a transformational impact for all pupils,” particularly those facing barriers to learning.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” ensuring pupils are “made safer and feel safe.”