Westwood Farm Infant School

Overview

Westwood Farm Infant School is judged ‘Good’ across all inspection categories, maintaining high standards since its previous ‘Outstanding’ rating. The report describes a school where pupils “love attending” and benefit from a “calm and purposeful learning environment” characterised by strong relationships and mutual respect. Leaders have successfully prioritised personal development and core curriculum achievements, particularly in reading and mathematics.

Strengths

• Pupils are “polite and considerate” and behave “consistently well”, engaging keenly with their learning and taking pride in their accomplishments.
• The phonics programme is delivered “expertly”, enabling children to become “fluent readers” quickly through high-quality literature and daily story time.
• Personal, social and health education helps pupils develop “positive relationships” and an age-appropriate understanding of different cultures and faiths.
• The school is “wholly inclusive”, with “high-quality tailored support” ensuring pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities achieve well.
• Parents are “highly complimentary” about the education and care provided, with one noting, “I wouldn’t want them to be anywhere else.”

Areas to improve

• Assessment in foundation subjects is “not yet fully established”, meaning gaps in pupils’ understanding are not always identified consistently.
• The school must ensure the updated foundation curriculum “identifies vital knowledge consistently well” to address gaps in prior knowledge.
• Teachers need to use assessment processes confidently in foundation subjects to review retained knowledge and adapt future learning effectively.

Safeguarding

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