Westfield School

Overview

The inspection team found that staff’s “caring and nurturing relationships” are helping to improve wellbeing and support children to overcome learning challenges. Skilled practitioners provide engaging learning experiences that foster individual development, curiosity, and problem-solving. The school has successfully supported a number of pupils to move on to mainstream nursery, school, or college placements.

Strengths

• Staff build “caring and nurturing relationships” that improve wellbeing and help children overcome learning challenges.
• Practitioners deliver “engaging indoors and outdoors learning experiences” supporting individual development and curiosity.
• Children are “motivated to learn” and enthusiastically engage in most activities.
• The school successfully develops “skills for learning and readiness to take on new challenges,” aiding transitions to further education.

Areas to improve

• Teachers must plan and deliver activities that provide “sufficient challenge for all children and young people.”
• The school should continue to develop approaches supporting children to “communicate more confidently and express themselves effectively.”

Safeguarding

The report does not explicitly detail safeguarding arrangements, but notes that staff’s “caring and nurturing relationships” are helping to improve children’s wellbeing.