Bushfield Road Infant School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 24 September 2025

Pupils are happy and well cared for at this school. The school provides a welcoming and nurturing environment for its pupils. Staff build trusting relationships. Pupils know that they can talk to staff if they have any worries or concerns. The school sets high expectations for all pupils. Most pupils are keen to learn and try hard to improve their work. Since the last inspection, the school has revised its curriculum. For example, pupils now receive effective support to learn to read. However, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could. Some older pupils have gaps in their knowledge from weaknesses in the previous curriculum. Learning in the early years does not support children as well as it should to ensure that children are well prepared for key stage 1. Pupils are kind and polite. They help each other and understand what it means to be a friend. In the early years, adults help children to settle quickly into routines, which prepares them well as they progress through the school. Pupils play cordially together during play times. They benefit from a range of educational visits, such as to Cleethorpes Lifeboat Station, where they learned about water safety.

What the school should improve

• Some older pupils have gaps in their knowledge because of weaknesses in the previous curriculum. This hinders these pupils from learning the revised curriculum well. The school should address these gaps in older pupils' knowledge to enable these pupils to be well prepared for future learning.
• Some pupils do not attend school often enough. As a result, these pupils need to catch up on missed learning. The school should ensure that it strengthens its work to improve the attendance of pupils, so that pupils attend regularly and are supported to learn and achieve well.
• The school does not have an accurate picture of the impact of actions taken to improve the school, including teaching of the revised curriculum. This means that some aspects of the curriculum are not delivered as intended, which hinders the depth to which some pupils learn. The school should strengthen its work in this area and ensure greater consistency to support learning across the school.
• The school does not support some children in the early years well enough to develop important aspects of their learning across the curriculum. As a result, these children do not have the opportunity to build solid foundations to prepare them for future learning. The school must support staff to develop the expertise to ensure that children deepen their understanding across all areas of learning, preparing them well for key stage 1.
• Some safeguarding records are not robust enough. At times, safeguarding records do not record details of how concerns were resolved or how decisions were reached and outcomes. This makes it difficult for the school to analyse and evaluate safeguarding information. The school must ensure that its record-keeping processes for safeguarding are thorough.

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