Springfield Infant School and Nursery

Overview

Springfield Infant School and Nursery provides a “truly excellent start to their education” where pupils “flourish, are happy and achieve highly.” The inspection highlights an “ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum” delivered with “great expertise,” supported by staff who show “great warmth and care.” The school fosters strong relationships with families and ensures every pupil succeeds through precise teaching and effective support systems.

Strengths

• Early years provision is exceptional, with staff building a “comprehensive picture of each child” to ensure correct provision from day one.
• The curriculum is “ambitious and well-sequenced,” enabling pupils to “remember and build on prior learning effectively” across subjects like mathematics, history, and art.
• Reading instruction is delivered “expertly,” with a “precise and accurate” phonics programme that helps children become “confident, fluent readers.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities “achieve exceptionally well” due to quick identification and “excellent support.”
• Behaviour is “exemplary,” with pupils demonstrating “high levels of respect and self-control” and striving to fulfil the school’s values.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.