Wyndham Park Infants' School

Overview

The report describes a school undergoing significant change under new leadership, where pupils are "beginning to benefit from these improvements" but substantial work remains. While the school fosters a "happy and welcoming" environment with strong personal development, key areas including the quality of education, behaviour, and early years provision require improvement.

Strengths

• The school’s "personalised pastoral care" is a strength, ensuring pupils feel "comfortable and confident to share worries".
• Pupils benefit from a "well-planned curriculum to develop them beyond the academic," including rich experiences like visits to local landmarks.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive "effective support to learn alongside their peers."
• Attendance is improving due to leaders tracking it "thoroughly" and working "closely with families."

Areas to improve

• The trust must develop staff expertise to check phonics knowledge effectively, as current systems are "underdeveloped," leaving some pupils with significant gaps.
• The most important knowledge in some subjects has not been "well defined," causing pupils to struggle to remember learning over time.
• "Low-level disruption is tolerated in lessons," hindering concentration; the trust must ensure staff have "consistently high expectations of behaviour."

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."