Yatton Infant School

Overview

Yatton Infant School is described as a ‘friendly and happy place to learn’ where pupils are ‘eager to learn and feel safe’. The report highlights a calm, orderly environment with strong relationships between staff and pupils, supported by an ‘ambitious curriculum’ that meets the needs of all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high levels of confidence, resilience, and respect, understanding what it means to be a ‘Yatton Learner’.
• Reading is taught effectively, with staff ensuring books match the sounds pupils are learning, resulting in increasing fluency and accuracy.
• The mathematics curriculum is ‘well planned and carefully sequenced’, allowing pupils to use their knowledge of number well in complex tasks.
• Leaders provide strong support for pupils’ personal development through varied experiences, such as yoga and cooking, which aid mental and physical health.
• Staff and governors maintain high expectations for behaviour, creating a positive atmosphere where bullying is rare and issues are dealt with quickly.

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, teachers do not check pupils’ prior learning well enough, meaning subsequent learning does not routinely build on existing knowledge, which slows progress for some pupils.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders being ‘vigilant in keeping pupils safe’ and working well with external agencies to support vulnerable families.