St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School

Overview

St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School is described as a calm, orderly, and highly inclusive setting where pupils feel safe and are proud of their achievements. The report highlights strong leadership, effective safeguarding, and high-quality support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), alongside positive relationships between staff and families.

Strengths

• The school is "highly inclusive," with staff holding "ambitious expectations" for SEND pupils who receive swift, personalised support and access the same curriculum as their peers.
• Phonics teaching is a "notable strength," with staff regularly checking pronunciation to help pupils become "confident readers."
• Pupils produce work that is "consistently of a high quality," demonstrating good handwriting and care, while developing essential knowledge in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• The environment is "safe, respectful and well-structured," with bullying being rare and staff managing any incidents "swiftly and effectively."
• Leaders and governors are "ambitious, knowledgeable and focused," with effective systems that prioritise staff wellbeing and professional development.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure teachers check what pupils understand from previous learning to design activities that "effectively build on what pupils know and can do."
• The school should ensure teaching "consistently develops pupils’ vocabulary across the curriculum," as understanding of important vocabulary is not always secure in some subjects.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an "open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility" and concerns actively identified and managed.