Ravensmere Infant School

Overview

Ravensmere Infant School is described as a “small and welcoming school” where pupils feel like part of “one big family.” The report highlights strong relationships between staff and pupils, with children thriving due to “high expectations and quality of care.” The school provides a “broad and balanced curriculum” that is inclusive, ensuring all pupils feel safe and valued.

Strengths

• Pupils are “happy” and “feel safe,” benefiting from a calm atmosphere and strong adult support.
• The curriculum is “ambitious for all pupils,” with leaders having “strong subject knowledge” and clearly defined learning goals.
• Early reading provision is effective, with consistent phonics teaching and books “well matched to the sounds they are learning.”
• The early years provision is “strong,” with staff skilfully breaking down learning and using “well-crafted questions” to develop language.
• Pupils develop into “responsible citizens” through extra roles such as music leaders and eco leaders.

Areas to improve

• Individual targets for some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are “too broad” and do not precisely guide teachers on overcoming learning barriers.
• In a “very small number of subjects,” curriculum activities are not always appropriate, meaning the school must refine resources to meet all pupils’ needs.

Safeguarding

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