Bournes Green Infant School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 5 December 2023

Bournes Green Infants is a happy and welcoming place for children to learn. Pupils learn to live by the school 'learning powers', which include curiosity, perseverance and effort. These values run through every aspect of the life of the school and are celebrated in weekly assemblies. Pupils always try to do their best. This can be seen in their behaviour and their work. This is because the school staff and leaders have high expectations for all pupils. As a result, pupils achieve well. Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel safe because they know that adults listen to them and care about them. Around the school and at breaktimes, pupils are kind and considerate. Older pupils eagerly volunteer to be play buddies to ensure that nobody is without a friend on the playground. Pupils learn about other people's beliefs, experiences and perspectives and then reflect on their own, for example through activities linked to Black History Month. Pupils understand the need to treat everyone equally and to value each other's differences. Pupils value the range of opportunities that they have in school to broaden their interests. These include sports clubs, such as for multi-sports and football, and visits around the local area and to activity centres. The school works hard to ensure that all pupils can participate in these activities.

What the school should improve

• The curriculum, in a small number of subjects, is not outlined precisely enough to build pupils' understanding sufficiently. Because of this, in these subjects, teachers are not able to organise the learning well enough to ensure that pupils are able complete tasks successfully. Leaders should continue to refine the curriculum plans in these areas and develop the curriculum expertise of staff to ensure that pupils, including children in early years, secure essential knowledge and achieve well.

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