Queensway Infant Academy

Overview

Queensway Infant Academy is described as a school where leaders have successfully improved attendance and behaviour, creating a "calm and caring learning environment." The report highlights that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, "achieve well from their various starting points" and are generally well prepared for the next stage of their education. While personal development is rated at a "strong standard," most other aspects of the school’s provision meet the "expected standard."

Strengths

• The personal development and wellbeing programme is a "strength of the school’s offer," with pupils developing "deep social, moral, spiritual and cultural understanding."
• Pastoral support is "highly effective," with staff identifying needs early and using resources like sensory spaces to help pupils regulate emotions.
• Leaders have successfully improved attendance through "determined actions," including a breakfast club and close monitoring of absence patterns.
• Pupils demonstrate "positive and established relationships with staff," feel safe, and behave well with "minimal disruption."
• Inclusion is a high priority, with "effective step-by-step support" ensuring pupils with barriers to learning can access the curriculum successfully.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure the curriculum is adapted so all pupils have opportunities to "extend their learning and deepen their understanding across subjects," as high-quality teaching is not yet consistently embedded.
• Staff should engage in "high-quality interactions" with children in the early years and Key Stage 1 to embed and deepen speech, language, and vocabulary.

Safeguarding

The report states that "safeguarding standards are met," noting that leaders have established an "open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility" and concerns are actively identified and managed.