Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School

Overview

Pupils are “rightly proud of their school” and feel “valued and happy” within a “highly nurturing and inclusive environment.” The quality of education has improved significantly since the previous inspection, with children achieving well in both the early years and key stage 1. Leaders and governors have an accurate view of the school’s strengths and priorities, fostering a culture where staff enjoy working and pupils behave well.

Strengths

• A “highly nurturing and inclusive environment” helps children settle quickly, with staff who are “alert to their individual needs.”
• The curriculum is “well planned and taught in a logical order in most subjects,” supporting strong pupil achievement.
• Staff have created a “buzz around reading,” ensuring pupils learn to read confidently through a thoughtfully adapted phonics programme.
• Personal development is “well designed,” with pupils taught to “celebrate and embrace diversity and equalities” and receiving high-quality pastoral care.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are “supported well,” with new learning presented clearly and understanding checked effectively.

Areas to improve

• In a small number of foundation subjects, the curriculum is not planned and sequenced well enough, hindering pupil progression.
• Teachers do not consistently use information about what pupils have learned to adapt future teaching in every subject.
• In the early years, some curriculum areas are less well planned, weakening the links between the early years and key stage 1.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.