Stanley Park Infants School

Overview

Stanley Park Infants School is described as a “friendly and nurturing” environment where pupils are “happy and proud members.” The report highlights an “ambitious curriculum” and “exceptional provision” for personal development, noting that staff and pupils maintain “caring and respectful working relationships.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is well-designed with “clearly mapped out” knowledge and skills, ensuring pupils “achieve well in a range of subjects.”
• Early years provision is outstanding, with children becoming “keen learners” who develop knowledge “exceptionally well” and are “prepared very well for the next stage.”
• Personal development is woven through school life, with pupils following the “Busy Bee Code” to “be kind, be helpful and be the best they can be.”
• Staff are “proud to work here” and feel leaders consider their “workload and well-being.”
• Phonics teaching is a priority, with staff trained to teach sounds in a “logical order” so pupils read with “confidence and increasing fluency.”

Areas to improve

• Leaders must implement planned changes to the early reading curriculum, as some activities are “not helpful in developing reading fluency and accuracy.”
• Pupils, particularly weaker readers, sometimes use books that are “not fully phonetically decodable,” which can be “confusing” and hinder accurate reading.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” with robust systems in place and staff receiving relevant training to identify signs of abuse or harm.