Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School

Overview

Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School continues to be a good school, where pupils enjoy attending and behave well. Staff share high expectations, creating a nurturing atmosphere where children feel safe and form trusting relationships with adults. The school successfully supports pupils’ wider development, including their physical and mental health, while governors and leaders provide effective support and challenge.

Strengths

• Pupils are kind to one another, with bullying being rare, and they feel confident that adults will help them overcome worries.
• The curriculum in most subjects allows pupils to build securely on existing knowledge, particularly in early years mathematics where children develop vocabulary well.
• Reading is prioritised effectively; children learn early sounds well, use books matched to their learning, and become fluent, confident readers.
• Staff identify the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities quickly, ensuring they learn the same curriculum as their classmates.
• The school enhances wider development through a well-planned curriculum, with pupils taking on leadership roles such as school councillors and buddies.

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, assessment is not used effectively, meaning pupils do not securely develop the expected knowledge and misunderstandings are not always corrected.
• The school has not fully checked the implementation and impact of its curriculum across all subjects, resulting in pupils not learning as well in some areas.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.