Templemoor Infant and Nursery School

Overview

Templemoor Infant and Nursery School is judged ‘Good’ across all inspection categories, maintaining high standards since its previous ‘Outstanding’ rating. Pupils are described as ‘keen learners’ who ‘settle easily into many happy friendships’ and feel safe within the spacious school environment. The report highlights a ‘carefully considered curriculum’ that generally prepares children well for their future lives, with particular success in reading and personal development.

Strengths

• The curriculum in reading is ‘designed... particularly well’, with staff ‘expertly teach[ing] pupils to read’ and ensuring even weaker readers and those with SEND become ‘skilled readers’.
• Pupils demonstrate ‘high expectations’ of achievement, behaving ‘sensibly’ with ‘rare’ disruptions, allowing staff to focus on teaching.
• Personal development is strong, with pupils learning to ‘debate important topics’, ‘present one’s views’, and understand issues such as ‘human rights’ and ‘homelessness’.
• Governors ‘challenge and support the school’s work effectively’, while staff benefit from reduced assessment burdens to improve ‘work-life balance’.

Areas to improve

• In ‘some of the curriculum, including in the early years’, the school has ‘not thought enough about the essential knowledge that pupils should be taught’.
• The school must ensure all curriculum areas help pupils ‘build their knowledge, from the simple to the complex’, as sometimes pupils do not learn the information needed for ‘more complex learning’.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’ and that the school has created an ‘open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils’ interests first’.