Trumps Green Infant School

Overview

Pupils learn and play happily in this “warm and welcoming” school, where they are “keen learners” who achieve well. The leadership team has steered the school through the pandemic with “sensitivity and determination,” maintaining high expectations and well-established routines that ensure the school runs smoothly.

Strengths

• Pupils are “interested in their classmates’ views” and “listen quietly to their ideas,” demonstrating respectful behaviour and strong social skills.
• The curriculum is “broad” and “well-sequenced,” with regular opportunities for pupils to revisit key knowledge so that “new learning builds securely on what pupils already know.”
• Staff establish “warm and supportive relationships” with children, particularly in Reception, where they feel “secure and valued.”
• A new phonics programme is taught across all year groups, with staff trained to deliver it, contributing significantly to pupils’ progress in reading.
• The governing body holds leaders to account effectively, working “positively and constructively” to support school development.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure all staff have the “strength and depth of subject knowledge” to adapt the curriculum confidently for all pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), as variations in knowledge currently mean the curriculum is not always adapted well enough.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders ensuring pupils’ safety remains a “continuously high priority” through clear reporting systems and strong staff relationships.