Tylers Green First School

Overview

Tylers Green First School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection. The school is described as having a “lovely, warm, welcoming feel” with a strong sense of community, where pupils are happy and value the high level of support they receive. Leaders have ensured that the school remains a “safe, fun and brilliant” environment for its infant pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils benefit from an “ambitious curriculum” that is well structured in many subjects, with reading taught skilfully through a “well-sequenced phonics curriculum”.
• Pastoral care is a significant strength, with staff providing therapeutic support in the ‘Rainbow Room’ and adapting learning effectively for pupils with special educational needs.
• Behaviour is excellent, with “extremely high expectations” leading to a calm, orderly school where bullying is not a concern and attendance remains high.
• The school offers a wide range of enrichment opportunities, including clubs and educational visits, which help deepen learning and prepare pupils for their next stage of education.

Areas to improve

• The curriculum thinking is not as well developed in a few subjects, making it difficult for teachers to address gaps in learning swiftly.
• In these specific subjects, pupils do not learn as well as they could and struggle to recall previous learning or make links to new topics.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.