Pennywell Early Years Centre

Overview

Children “love attending this school,” arriving with “welcoming smiles” and experiencing “kindness all around them.” The setting maintains “high expectations for behaviour and achievement,” ensuring pupils are “well prepared for the next stage in their learning” through an “outstanding curriculum.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is described as “highly ambitious and creative,” with staff carefully planning how knowledge “should build in complexity over time.”
• Children demonstrate “excellent attitudes to learning,” showing they are “highly independent” and capable of completing “self-directed tasks.”
• Staff effectively support communication development using “signs, gestures and communication boards,” helping children “strengthen their communication skills.”
• The school has a “comprehensive early identification process” for special educational needs, ensuring children access “the right support swiftly.”
• Leaders have made “courageous decisions to improve the quality of the curriculum,” resulting in “overwhelming consistency” in how staff model and support children.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”