Roe Green Infant School

Overview

Roe Green Infant School continues to be a good school, where pupils “delight in coming” and enjoy learning. Leaders maintain high ambitions, ensuring every pupil, including those with special educational needs, is included in all aspects of school life. The school fosters a strong sense of community and positive behaviour, with staff nurturing pupils’ broader development.

Strengths

• Pupils behave very well, form “strong trustful relationships with adults,” and are taught to respect and value everyone.
• Reading is a top priority; staff are “well trained” in phonics, and pupils become “confident and fluent readers.”
• Leaders provide an “ambitious curriculum” with well-established systems for identifying and supporting pupils who need extra help.
• Staff morale is high, with leaders taking steps to reduce workload and being described as “open, supportive and care about their well-being.”
• Teachers explain new material clearly, address knowledge gaps, and ensure pupils gain understanding across subjects.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should continue to embed recent curriculum changes in subjects such as mathematics and computing, as pupils’ “grasp of and long-term recall of knowledge is not as full and detailed” as intended.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff well trained to identify concerns and suitable procedures in place for vetting staff.