Park Hill Infant School

Overview

Park Hill Infant School is described as a place where pupils are "lively, enthusiastic" and demonstrate "positive attitudes towards their learning." The report highlights a "strong mutual respect between pupils and adults" within a "calm, nurturing and positive environment." Leaders maintain "the highest ambition for pupils’ personal development," ensuring a curriculum that matches or exceeds national expectations.

Strengths

• The curriculum is "clearly identified and logically sequenced," allowing pupils to build understanding cumulatively and develop a "deep body of knowledge."
• "The teaching of phonics and early reading is highly effective," with pupils achieving highly in screening checks and developing a "love of reading."
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) access the "same ambitious curriculum as their peers" thanks to well-trained staff.
• Behaviour is "exceptional," with bullying being "rare" and dealt with "sensitively and swiftly."
• Staff are valued, with a culture of "trust and transparency" ensuring workload is "reasonable and well managed."

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."