Sandringham Infant & Nursery Academy

Overview: Sandringham Infant & Nursery Academy continues to be a good school, where everyone is valued for who they are, and pupils are proud of this. Interactions between pupils and staff are warm and friendly, and the school's kind and caring ethos is demonstrated.

Strengths:

• Pupils are confident that staff help them if they are unsure or worried about anything.
• The school's kind and caring ethos is demonstrated through warm and friendly interactions between pupils and staff.
• Pupils play together happily on the playground and understand the school rules.
• The curriculum supports pupils to recall what they have learned and build upon this during lessons, resulting in pupils achieving well.
• The school has successfully considered the support pupils may need to access different aspects of the curriculum, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Areas to improve:

• There is minor variability in the effectiveness of reading sessions for pupils who are learning to read, which does not always allow them to develop their phonics knowledge well enough.
• Some pupils do not learn to read as quickly as they could, meaning that reading sessions should provide weaker readers with the precise support they need to catch up quickly with their peers.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.