Trosnant Infant School

Overview

Trosnant Infant School is described as a “calm and orderly” environment where pupils are “kind, enthusiastic and polite.” The report highlights strong relationships between staff and pupils, with children feeling “safe and cared for” and motivated to learn. Overall, the school provides a high-quality education with effective leadership and a well-considered curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “strong and caring relationships” with staff and value the school’s ethos of “respect and resilience.”
• The teaching of reading is “effective,” with staff possessing “expert subject knowledge” to support phonics and ensure pupils become “fluent and accurate readers.”
• Leaders have “carefully identified what pupils will learn,” using effective approaches like recapping prior learning to help pupils connect new knowledge.
• The school offers a “uniqueness curriculum” providing “exciting experiences” such as beach and forest school sessions, which pupils “relish.”
• Staff have “high ambitions” for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, who are supported through “effective use of different adaptations.”

Areas to improve

• The implementation of “a few foundation subjects needs refining” to ensure pupils’ learning is consistent across the curriculum.
• The school should ensure all staff have the “expert knowledge required to teach across the curriculum” and emphasise the most important content.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”