The Park Infant & Nursery School

Overview

The inspection found that pupils are proud to attend this school, speaking with enthusiasm about their learning and behaviour. Staff hold high expectations, fostering a calm and orderly environment where children are respectful, kind, and resilient. The school is described as a united community where staff are passionate about improvement and well supported.

Strengths

• Pupils learn to read swiftly, developing into confident readers who enjoy whole-class reading time and incentives like ‘Tardis tickets’.
• The early years provision is well planned, with clear routines that promote strong independence and effective use of the forest school.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported through individual plans and effective progress tracking.
• Behaviour is consistently managed through the ‘PRIDE’ values, helping pupils understand expectations and learn from mistakes.
• Staff receive appropriate professional development, and governors understand their roles and responsibilities.

Areas to improve

• In a few subjects, teachers do not make strong links to prior learning, preventing pupils from building knowledge over time.
• Systems for checking what pupils know and remember in some foundation subjects are not effective enough, leading to gaps in knowledge.
• Opportunities to develop pupils’ talents and cultural capital are not as broad as they were before the pandemic.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.